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 If you have a phobia of longs words you have to tell people that you have Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia?

    92% ironic 816 votes Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that Tim Schrader, an Australian convicted in Thailand for heroin smuggling and sentenced to death, received a Royal pardon on medical grounds after contracting HIV as a result of sharing needles during his heroin use while in prison.

    60% ironic 554 votes Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that People don't understand irony?

    73% not ironic 154 votes Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that The founder of WikiLeaks sues over the leak of his police report and medical history.

    89% not ironic 147 votes Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that When someone says they are high but they are laying on the ground.

    96% ironic 108 votes Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that You can't pee (or number 2) in the toilet section of the hardware store?

    71% not ironic 105 votes Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that A store priced a stripper pole at $69.

    52% not ironic 71 votes Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that Cheese smells, yet it doesn't have a nose?

    75% not ironic 71 votes Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that After somebody told me that a guy was killed with one bullet, and I asked him where the man was shot, the reply was, "In his living room" (as apposed to, for example, in the chest)? PS: Could this be considered double-ironic, because the room was the "living" room (and the guy is no longer living)?

    74% not ironic 67 votes Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that Phobophobia is the fear of having a fear?

    99% ironic 66 votes Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that A police station gets robbed.

    96% ironic 41 votes Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that The procrastinator's meeting has been postponed.

    64% ironic 31 votes Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that On a message board when one poster mentions my reputation and I reply saying it will soon be minus 50, knowing full well that another poster with a dislike for me will soon come along and neg all my posts,then low and behold they subsequently do.

    98% not ironic 25 votes Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that My friend has phobophobia (fear of fears).

    95% ironic 25 votes Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that The word 'hyphenated' is non-hyphenated while 'non-hyphenated' is hyphenated?

    67% ironic 24 votes Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that You're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't.

    77% ironic 23 votes Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that Purchasing a book whose cover notates the cost at...

    77% not ironic 21 votes Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that A starving child in a poor part of Africa said he was full.

    93% ironic 21 votes Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that My welcome mat at my front door says "GO AWAY".

    96% ironic 21 votes Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that The store "Tuesday Morning" was recently closed on two consecutive Tuesdays (December 25, 2018 and January 1, 2019)?

    64% ironic 20 votes Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that You are online on Steam, but your status reads "Away" and you don't realise that until a friend reminds you to change your status to "Online"

    76% ironic 20 votes Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that The Nazis burned books to try to eradicate anti-Nazi ideals, and yet their actions ultimately triggered a veritable flood of literature opposing those ideals?

    98% ironic 20 votes Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that We adopted a newborn from over seas to keep him from working in child factories.

    92% ironic 20 votes Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that The fire safety lectures at work were cancelled as the screen caught fire.

    89% ironic 20 votes Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that Back in January Trump tweeted to the leaders of Iran asking them not to kill or imprison their protestors...

    96% ironic 19 votes Vote →