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Noun
Definition: witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift
Definition: incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"
Definition: a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
Definition: A statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.
Adjective
Definition: Of or pertaining to the metal iron.