The list of “ironic” situations Morissette puts together in this song is more plainly unfortunate than truly ironic. Many naysayers have pointed out this fact, over the years, using this song as a ...

Well, isn’t this ironic? Just when we need an ironic sensibility to remain cleareyed in dangerous times, we’re told irony is obsolete. And this from some people who’ve made it their business to peddle ...

Since I started contributing to Psychology Today three years ago, I’ve been periodically exploring how laughter and humor are related to other terms often associated with them. They include concepts ...

The Four Horsemen of Gentrification: Brine, snark, brunch and Whole Foods. Where does the idea that the Egyptian pyramids stored grain come from? A look at the numbers of Americans — affiliated and ...

The study of sarcasm and verbal irony recognition integrates research from linguistics, cognitive neuroscience and psychology to elucidate how humans decode subtle non-literal meanings in ...

Roger J. Kreuz does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Are you Alanis Morrisettes brother by chance kingo, because big clubs spending money to catch up isn’t really irony. Never met the girl Jim. The irony is that to catch up with a team that didn’t spend ...