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 2,278 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 You buy a shirt that unravels apart after you buy it, but it costs more than a good shirt?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that Isn't it ironic after spending most of my life taking people I loved to their doctors & now I need help and there is no one that can take me?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that Just when your friend says that it just isn't the time for me to marry, I'm about to tell her I'm going to get engaged?

    50% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that Is it ironice that Hillary Clinton wants stricter gun laws to save the toddlers but is ok with late term abortion?

    75% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that One manager who you love and have lots of banter with, and whose a friend outside of work anyway says something cheeky, to which you laugh.

    60% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that My second-grade son only missed one question on his spelling test: he wrote "mitake" instead of "mistake"?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that Assuming there is no lightning, people at a beach to get wet running for cover when it starts to rain.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that When teaching a lesson on irony (to support a unit on Greek myths) the teacher intended to hold a discussion on what was ironic in the story the class had read, but failed to do so during class.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that Environmental group should try to make the environment better, and save the Earth.

    60% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that An #anesthetist with the last name of "Whitehead"

    75% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that Mark Lilla, discussing Don Quixote, Harper's Sept.

    75% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that I'm in India on Independence Day, independence from British rule, and it is a national holiday.

    55% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that Is it irony that the inventor of TNT instigated the Nobel Peace Prize? Or was it a forgivable display of conscience and contrition? On a lighter note, the Irish comedian Ed Byrne has a great skit on the song "Ironic" by Alanis Morrissette (who I like, I'm not dissing her) but basically the gist of it is that none of the things quoted in the lyrics are ironic.

    55% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that Someone insults a person for being oblivious while being oblivious to the fact that they were acting.

    75% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that Fingerless gloves on a man with no fingers.

    75% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that I hate when people don't get up and throw their own trash away while I'm asking someone to throw away my scraps of paper?

    75% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that A PDF announcing efforts at environmental sustainability distributed via email throughout the organization touts "Printed on 100% Recycled Paper" on the footer...and...

    75% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that Woman posts a meme that states "When someone asks me when I'm planning on having children..."

    55% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that A racist person is in an argument.

    50% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that I like to go to the beach specifically on overcast and cloudy days.

    70% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that My friend said, "Isn't it ironic the way we say things are ironic when they really aren't?" Due to the answer to his question being no, is his statement in of itself ironic?

    55% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that A 'no stopping' sign was bent backwards, presumably by a car.

    60% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that I was on my way to a seminar on traumatic brain injury, and then got into an accident that left me with permanent brain damage?

    65% ironic 2 votes Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that I was thought that it was a good idea to starve the poor.

    65% not ironic 2 votes Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that You work the graveyard shift in a graveyard at midnight?

    65% not ironic 2 votes Vote →