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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: What is irony? #138365 01/31/2005 12:45 AM Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 plutarch veteran plutarch veteran Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 From Dr. Bill [wwh]: 'irony'. In the first place, there is no 'iron' in it. irony 1502, from L. ironia, from Gk. eironeia, from eiron "dissembler," perhaps related to eirein "to speak" (see verb). Used in Gk. of affected ignorance, especially that of Socrates. For nuances of usage, see humor And it need not 'bite the flesh' as sarcasm does. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted What is irony? aorto 01/30/2005 6:36 PM Re: What is irony? of troy 01/30/2005 6:53 PM For all intents and purples' musick 01/30/2005 8:52 PM Re: What is irony? plutarch 01/30/2005 7:09 PM Re: What is irony? aorto 01/30/2005 7:37 PM Re: What is irony? plutarch 01/31/2005 12:28 AM Re: What is irony? plutarch 01/31/2005 12:45 AM Re: What is irony? aorto 01/31/2005 11:40 AM Re: What is irony? plutarch 02/01/2005 6:20 AM Re: What is irony? themilum 02/01/2005 12:00 PM Re: What is irony? plutarch 02/01/2005 12:13 PM Re: What is irony? Faldage 02/01/2005 12:13 PM Re: What is irony? plutarch 02/01/2005 12:26 PM Re: What is irony? maverick 02/01/2005 12:29 PM Re: What is irony? Buffalo Shrdlu 02/01/2005 12:51 PM Re: What is irony? themilum 02/01/2005 3:01 PM Re: What is irony? Jackie 02/03/2005 1:33 AM The Final Irony plutarch 02/03/2005 4:03 AM Re: The Final Irony themilum 02/03/2005 2:06 PM Re: The Final Irony plutarch 02/03/2005 2:28 PM Re: What is irony? Jackie 02/03/2005 4:54 PM Re: What is irony? plutarch 02/03/2005 5:18 PM the imperial WE raises its ugly head. of troy 02/03/2005 7:30 PM the universal "we" plutarch 02/03/2005 8:35 PM Re: the ironical "we" tsuwm 02/03/2005 8:54 PM ayleurs tsuwm 02/03/2005 9:26 PM can we can all agree about that? of troy 02/03/2005 9:43 PM Re: can we can all agree about that? themilum 02/04/2005 1:22 AM Re: can we can all agree about that? of troy 02/04/2005 1:59 AM Re: can we can all agree about that? of troy 02/04/2005 12:52 PM Lawyers and the Atkins Die(t) maverick 02/07/2005 8:46 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,374 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 15 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,202 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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