which there is no ironist; so, instead of "he is being ironical" we would instead say "it is ironical that". Verbal irony is "a statement in which the meaning...

"Ironic" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette, released in February 1996 by Maverick and Warner Bros. as the third single from her...

feigned ignorance') is a term used to denote a state in which earnest and ironic intents become muddled. It may less commonly refer to its converse: a return...

Ironic process theory (IPT), also known as the Pink elephant paradox suggests that when an individual intentionally tries to avoid thinking a certain thought...

Hyaluronic acid (/ˌhaɪ.əljʊəˈrɒnɪk/; abbreviated HA; conjugate base hyaluronate), also called hyaluronan, is an anionic, nonsulfated glycosaminoglycan...

Nevertheless, great thinkers seem to have suffered inordinately from bizarre or ironic deaths. Baldi, Dino (2010). Morti favolose degli antichi [Fabulous deaths...

A person's last words, their final articulated words stated prior to death or as death approaches, are often recorded because of the decedent's fame, but...

socially relevant, by the assertion that said ordinarily offensive thing is ironic or satirical." As Leslie A. Hahner and Scott J. Varda described it, "those...

especially where the writer's ironic meaning may otherwise be unclear. Bryan A. Garner dubbed this use of sic "ironic", providing the following example...

machines managed by Ironic. By default, it will use PXE and IPMI or Redfish in concert to provision and manage physical machines, but Ironic supports and can...

Hipster sexism, also known as everyday sexism, or ironic sexism, is defined by Alissa Quart in New York magazine's fashion blog The Cut as "the objectification...

Horn-rimmed glasses are a type of eyeglasses. Originally made out of either horn or tortoise shell, for most of their history they have actually been constructed...

Ironic Universe is a 2006 double album of prepared guitar music by Janet Feder and Fred Frith. It comprises a studio CD of solo tracks by Feder and duo...

will go wrong." Stapp is credited with creating Stapp's Law (or Stapp's Ironic Paradox) during his work on the project. It states: "The universal aptitude...

or absurdity of the subject matter. The delivery is meant to be blunt, ironic, laconic, or apparently unintentional. The term deadpan first emerged early...

предупреждение, romanized: posledneye kitayskoye preduprezhdeniye) is a Russian ironic idiom originating from the Soviet Union that refers to a warning that carries...

doi:10.5962/bhl.part.28993. McAlpine, D.K. (2008). "New extant species of ironic flies (Diptera: Ironomyiidae) with notes on ironomyiid morphology and relationships"...

something. Sarcasm may employ ambivalence, although it is not necessarily ironic. Most noticeable in spoken word, sarcasm is mainly distinguished by the...

as ironic. Jessica Wakeman, a contributor to The Frisky, suggests that the label hipster sexism enables casual sexism as a means of being ironic, and...

of "hoise") off the ground by his own bomb ("petard"), and indicates an ironic reversal or poetic justice. In modern vernacular usage of the idiom, the...

language in France and in European institutions." Doublespeak Award, an "ironic tribute to public speakers who have perpetuated language that is grossly...

The Story of Post-Modernism: Five Decades of the Ironic, Iconic and Critical in Architecture, published in 2011, was the last book by Charles Jencks. Jencks...

clear how Scott intended readers to understand the phrase. The more modern ironic sense appeared in a poem in The Ingoldsby Legends (1842) by the English...

Australian humour, which is often characterised as dry, irreverent and ironic. New citizens and visa holders are required to commit to "Australian values"...

mental and behavioral levels, possibly leading to ironic effects that are contrary to intention. Ironic process theory is one cognitive model that can explain...

affectation and exaggeration, especially when there is also a playful or ironic element. Camp is historically associated with LGBTQ+ culture and especially...

working conditions, and ignoring intergenerational equity in Taiwan. In an ironic reference to the term, a 2008 student-led political movement in Taiwan started...

Me (2010) Stick 2 Fingers Up (1999) The Felix EP (2001) More Iconic Than Ironic (2002) Rather Be Dreaming (2003) 77 Miles (2007) The Colour Red EP (2008)...

as an ironic nickname by Ukrainian soldiers in 2014 during the war in Donbas, and a shoulder patch was designed by Andriy Yermolenko. The ironic use lost...

same meaning as the English word "hopefully". The phrase can take on an ironic context, implying that something will never happen and is left to God's...