Most popular examples

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  1. Is it ironic that My speakers are shaped like a monitor?

    57% not ironic 3 votes Technology Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that My ex girlfriend's father is buried in the same mausoleum wall as my mother?

    94% not ironic 9 votes Death Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that A YouTube video asking: what if a certain (American) TV show were written by the Spanish? The book on which the TV show is based was inspired by a Spanish author.

    60% not ironic 3 votes Technology Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that Darth Plagueis the Wise could save others from his death, but not himself?

    57% not ironic 3 votes Death Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that I spent most of my day at the hospital waiting on my drunken aunt to sober up-and the first thing I do in the hotel room is grab the booze?

    55% ironic 2 votes Food Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that I watched a cricket match cheering for india with full enthusiasm; and when india finally won, and the losing captain apologised to his country and congragulated team india i felt that actually he deserved to win!

    55% not ironic 2 votes Coincidence Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that A woman posts a proud picture of her child's writing, highlighting their "correct" use of the word "their" and lamenting that even many 30 year olds can't get this correct.

    79% ironic 7 votes Literary Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that Isn't it ironic that when my uncle died that his brother, who refused to speak to him for 20 years, showed up at the wake in tears.

    78% not ironic 8 votes Death Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that My friend posted on facebook to complain about how she was being complained about on facebook.

    80% ironic 3 votes Technology Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that A person wrote, "I hate school", clearly spelling school wrong.

    61% ironic 7 votes School Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that You aren't invited to your own birthday party.

    50% ironic 2 votes Coincidence Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that While I had strep throat, I coughed up a bit of blood in the perfect shape of a heart? Later accompanied by other splotches of blood.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Health Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that I love my ex girlfriends personality, but she's now in jail?

    77% not ironic 3 votes Love Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that I attended my first al-anon meeting wearing a Richards Shandy t-shirt?

    75% ironic 2 votes Food Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that Being called into work the one day of the week you have off.

    56% not ironic 5 votes Coincidence Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that A slave (Frederick Douglass) sees the ship that enslaved him as a symbol of freedom.

    75% ironic 2 votes Literary Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that I'm numb from a visit to the dentist and now I'm hungry?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Health Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that A student sends a professor an email full of spelling and grammatical errors in which she requests that the professor provide her a letter of reference for admission to an honors college.

    63% not ironic 3 votes School Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that Someone posted in the newspaper: " Gov.

    55% not ironic 2 votes News Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that The first chapter of my psychology book for Nursing emphasizes the negative effects of chronic stress on the body and mind, yet nursing school is nothing but 2 years of chronic stress?

    75% ironic 2 votes Health Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that I have to write an example of irony but don't know the definition.

    52% ironic 6 votes Coincidence Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that People don't know their rights in their own country.

    50% ironic 1 votes Literary Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that Melvina Germain.....

    80% ironic 3 votes Death Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that I wanted to be married for 5 years before trying to have a child so we would have a solid family for a child.

    50% ironic 2 votes Love Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that You choke and die eating a life saver.

    87% ironic 16 votes Irony Vote →