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  1. Is it ironic that A sentient and highly intelligent robot is ignorant to the fact that she is not human?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that Everyone has it wrong! Irony means to say or write one thing but mean another.

    62% not ironic 6 votes Coincidence Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that I couldn't remember the name of my mom's flowers? They were called Forget-Me-Nots.

    68% ironic 6 votes Irony Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that Americans have no clue what irony is or how to use it, yet the opposite of pro is con, so the opposite of progress is congress?

    67% not ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that A prisoner is escaping from the prison grounds and after he runs past the walls, is hit by a Ford Escape.

    63% ironic 8 votes Irony Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that Getting an MBA to learn the tools to realize that getting an MBA is a bad investment.

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that Four people work in a place specializing in local history.

    60% ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that That Friday is my Birthday.

    84% not ironic 5 votes Coincidence Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that I bought a stock hoping to make a $2 profit per share, and it immediately fell $2 per share as soon as I bought it?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that "So which one I can call mine?" she wondered.

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that I was at the library working on a short story in which the narrator describes crashing his car into a parked car, and when I left the library I discovered that my own parked car had been crashed into?

    50% ironic 3 votes Coincidence Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that The Campaign for Real Irony provides, for its definition of irony, a link to this site's "Definition of Irony" page, which acknowledges that the dictionary definitions of "irony" are problematic?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that I dream of my teacher appeared in my my dream and in real life.

    50% ironic 1 votes Coincidence Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that Lagging because your are downloading a anti-lag software.

    83% ironic 6 votes Technology Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that The dude in the Chevy Silverado who changed lanes without signaling or checking his blind spot, cutting me and my motorcycle off, and nearly forcing me into the median, during my commute this morning...

    95% ironic 11 votes Irony Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that I postponed a meeting this week to a day next week to suit a specific person then found out that person has a meeting somewhere else already that day?

    57% not ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that The dictionary definition of irony, which has the express purpose of clarifying the meaning of the term, only manages to further confuse the reader; thereby itself standing as an example of irony.

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that A city known for its segregation actually has the most active peace-keeping and coexistence programs in the country?

    63% ironic 6 votes Irony Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that That...

    73% not ironic 9 votes Coincidence Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that A video rental store called "Family Video" has a back room of rentable pornography?

    55% not ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that The Dept of Agriculture boasts that the distribute nearly 50 million free meals and food stamps to citizens on an annual basis.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that When I use big words, people look at me like I'm an idiot?

    75% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that This website cannot offer a clear definition of the word irony?

    92% ironic 6 votes Irony Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that Everything we judge, especially the things we hate and people who disgust us, are mirrors that the universe shows us.

    75% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that When I was driving my car I almost rear ended my ex husband at a stoplight and I said "that would have been ironic if I had hit him"

    67% not ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →