CRmeansCeilingReached said:
hellfyyr said:
This is all sensible stuff, can we not have him killed anyway?
Walts are bad enough, but wannabe PIRA/Al Qaeda idiots are another matter entirely...
It's not as if this is Area 52 or anything, he is compromising everyday bases for no reason!
c'mon, someone make with the "code red"...
is that the sequel?
3 entries found for IRONY.
i·ro·ny ( P ) Pronunciation Key (r-n, r-)
n. pl. i·ro·nies
The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning.
A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect. See Synonyms at wit1.
Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs: âHyde noted the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hatedâ (Richard Kain).
An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongruity. See Usage Note at ironic.
Dramatic irony.
Socratic irony.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[French ironie, from Old French, from Latin rna, from Greek eirneia, feigned ignorance, from eirn, dissembler, probably from eirein, to say. See wer-5 in Indo-European Roots.]