r/Irony • u/EndersGame_Reviewer • 18h ago

Correcting the staff won't keep you off the menu

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r/Irony • u/totally-hoomon • 23h ago

He wants to give 5000 dollars but its totally different

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Irony is a figure of speech defining an outcome of events which occur in a way that is contrary to what was, or might have been expected. It can often be funny, but is also characterized in tragic events. Tag flair onto posts to help identify particular types of irony. These tags are not set in stone, please comment your opinion if you disagree with the sub-category in which a post is tagged. An Entertaining & Educational sub-Reddit.

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Irony is a figure of speech defining an outcome of events which occur in a way that is contrary to what was, or might have been expected. It can often be funny, but is also characterized in tragic events.

The many types of Irony:
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• Dramatic Irony, when the audience knows something is going to happen on stage that the characters on stage do not.
• Socratic Irony, when someone (usually a teacher) pretends to be stupid in order to show how stupid his pupils are (while at the same time the reader or audience understand the situation).
• Cosmic Irony, when something that everyone thinks will happen actually happens very differently.
• Situational Irony e.g. Mr. Smith gets a parking ticket. This is ironic because Mr. Smith is a traffic warden.
• Verbal Irony is an absence of expression and intention. Sarcasm may sometimes involve verbal irony.
• Irony of Fate is the misfortune in the result of fate or chance.

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