Irony Irony

Yes, you read that right. "Irony irony" is a real category on this site - examples of irony about irony itself. If you've ever wondered whether a site about irony could be ironic, or whether the very concept of irony is somehow ironic, you're in the right place. We have 1,758 examples and we're honestly not sure what that says about us, or the English language, or the universe. Probably all three.

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  1. Is it ironic that The guy sent to fix the buzzer to our office couldn't get in the building because nobody heard him due to the aforementioned buzzer he was sent to fix.

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  2. Is it ironic that A word was misspelled on a spelling bee trophy?

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  3. Is it ironic that A schoolboy pulled a false alarm just to watch all the fire engines race to his location.

    63% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that I was provided online with an image of a wordsearch and was asked which word jumped out at me first.

    63% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that A policeman sits in his prisoner's cell?

    70% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that People pierce their faces for faux beauty marks?

    58% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that I make decisions carefully because I hate regret, only to regret my decisions later?

    83% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that The speech pathologist has developed a voice disorder.

    73% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that Someone who loves correcting people's spelling and grammar has their name misspelt by someone noting a correction they made whilst calling them a grammar nazi.

    60% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that Would it be ironic if the word etymology, over time came to mean something else?

    70% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that I was just saying yesterday Silk Road would get shut down..

    88% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that Somebody hates feminists for how they persecute most men like they're all the same.

    73% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that A transgendered (f2m) named Dani goes as danny boy from the outsiders for halloween?

    58% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that Today is world peace day, yet the world is clearly full of war / conflict?

    53% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that The huge fire that just took out the Seaside Boardwalk started at Funtown Pier.

    65% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that When looking through the greeting card section at the store, the only sold out age for birthday cards is 100, while there remains plentiful supply of younger age categories?

    70% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that If someone movies to Zurich, Switzerland (one of the safest cities in the world) to escape high crime rates and is robbed upon arrival?

    88% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that I have the dad's approval to the girl I love but we are coworkers.

    75% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that A woman who killed her husband for money was caught, because, while buying muriatic acid to clean up the crime scene, she used her store discount card (which could be traced) to save...

    70% not ironic 4 votes Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that A fire extinguisher set off the fire alarm.

    80% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that I blind man should say "I see" to show that he understands something.

    85% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that Just below the "No Dumping" sign is several old washing machines, bike parts, broke windows, boxes of mismatched shoes, trash bags.

    83% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that A debate on the topic of semantics derails over a disagreement on the definitions of a word.

    75% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that Phonetically isn't spelled phonetically?

    85% ironic 4 votes Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that I spent 45years trying to stop my brother being a heroin addict.

    50% ironic 4 votes Vote →