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hyper irony

Hyper irony is a term coined by the artist and youtuber jrEg. It is defined as the return to sincerity from irony. This means, that there are two layers of irony present. The technique is used frquently on the internet in the form of memes.
The movie, The Raven and the Seagull, portrays the post-colonial relationship between Greenland and Denmark through the over use of stereotypical Greenlandic garments and stereotypes. It sincerely conveys its message through hyper irony - it returns from irony to sincerity.
by LessDestiny April 19, 2022
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Anything really that has no point, but subjectively is ironic solely for being there.
Meme Man: This table is Hyper ironic
Meme Man Jr.: No it's not, it's a table.
Meme Man: But it is hyper ironic to me
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being unironic about irony but hiding the true forms of truth or sincerity or the origin of the irony being discussed, inherently actually being ironic, in all cases, like verbally, or situationally, or dramatically, but expressing to the audiences as unironic.
"gUyS,, i"m t0ttAllY b3iNg uN1r0nIc, BuT tRu5t Me WhEn I sAy Th15, Hyper-Ironic iSRAEEEEEELLLLLLL"
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hyperirony

Irony that can be expressed aesthetically but not linguistically. Irony beyond postmodern (existential) juxtaposition. Irony characterized by faux-infinite aesthetic self-reference (recursivity).

Often expressed in terms of post-ironic memes in 4Chan textboards.
Hyperirony has taken over the 4Chan/Reddit user experience paradigm
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Hypeirony

Hype-irony (hi-pi-row-ny) -; The act of being somewhat of a wingman and hyping something a person said with at least 3 people present all in all, while at the same time applying sarcasm in a way that the majority of the people that are present sense that you actually think said person is a blatant idiot.

It's important to do it in a convincing, hype-esk fashion. Otherwise, it's just regular sarcasm. Let hypeirony be a surprise element. If you're in an office environment, limit the amount of hypeirony and spread it out evenly during the course of a week, and apply hypeirony when the noise level at the office is at the lowest.

Closely related to trolling.
At a party:

Person 1: Hey, let's put more Adele on the playlist!
Person 2: Yeah, let's put more Adele on the playlist, she's awesome! (Hypeirony)

At the office:

Person 1: Frank better deliver that report in time
Frank's office friend in the back of the office: Yeah, he totally has to deliver, or else you'll get him! (Hypeirony)
by viegaard January 6, 2017
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