ireny

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by my words not yours December 20, 2020

ireny

the dissonance between what is expected and what actually occurs, specifically with regards to any public event or natural disaster that can be discussed on a mass scale prior to its realization. greatly facilitated by journalism and the news media, but has soared to new levels with the rise of social media and "viral" sharing

Person 1: "Man, after all those fatalistic tweets and news stories about Hurricane Irene, I really expected the worst. Now the streets are dry again but I'm left with two flashlights, thirty sets of batteries, three months' worth of nonperishable items, and a bathtub full of water."

Person 2: "Now THAT's ireny."

by hannahserena August 30, 2011

ireny

Da eyerolling-disgust-inducing difference between da level/type of anger dat you expected a particular situation to produce, and what temperish results --- or absence thereof, if you're lucky --- actually occurred.

A classic case of ireny would be in "To Kill A Mockingbird", where da scared-and-hungry Dill went to all da agonized/trepidatious effort to secretly enter da Finch's house and hide under Scout's bed for an extended period while tummy-rumblingly listening to Scout's family happily partaking of their supper, only to then have "big and scary" Atticus not even look mildly upset when Dill finally showed himself, and then be generously plied with leftovers, given a hot bath, and finally be permitted to happily climb in beside his dream-girl (Scout herself) in her bed for some blessed sleep.

by QuacksO July 31, 2025

irenegate

Irene of Red Velvet, October 22 (10/22) #monster #pyscho
The day the gates of hell were opened in Reveluv Twitter. Irene's own Taylor Swift Reputation era. An incident that happened due to some work related misunderstandings.

: were you a survivor of irenegate?
: yeah a traumatic experience! my poor meow meow irene, and fuck #that stylist

by irene's attorney May 19, 2021

Twitch Irony

When you're watching a streamer play a game and they are either lost, or making a mistake, but the audience is aware of that mistake, usually saying things like "They Don't Know" or "They Lack the Critical Information" or "Wait for it." Very similar to Dramatic Irony, but in a live setting.

He doesn't know... LUL Twitch Irony.

by heyZeusHeresToast April 29, 2021

irony poisoning

Irony poisoning is when one's worldview/weltshauung/reality tunnel is so dominated by irony and detachment-based-comedy, that the joke becomes real and you start to do things that are immoral or wrong from a place of deep nihilistic cynicism.

"Why would John do this to me?"
"It's irony poisoning, ma'am. Seen it a million times."

by SRSLY WRONG May 24, 2014

irony squared

Irony as an external attribute; beyond the qualities of an implicit component. Irony as a subjectively-applied attribute of an object which ALREADY contains internal ironic components. Irony that falls outside of the bounds of postmodernism. Postmodernists call it post-irony and ascribe it primarily to post-postmodernism; although much of post-irony arcs farther, into hypermodernism. Includes ironic nihilism, ideal ironicism (aesthetic), and ironic identity (racial; collective conciousness). Popular in the alt-right messaging approach

A number of late 90’s postmodern academics considered second-degree existential irony to be a boundary of postmodernism rather than external to postmodernism itself; however this analysis did not take into account the unique attributes of nihilism as compared to existentialism as a whole

Ironic nihilism is an example of irony squared because nihilism itself already contains implicit irony.

by sandraxine June 10, 2017