Although verbal irony is one of the most common types used in casual conversation and storytelling, it can be easy to mix it up with other types of irony. Understanding how it differs can be helpful ...

In her 1996 hit “Ironic,” Alanis Morissette famously sings that irony is “like rain on your wedding day” and “a black fly in your chardonnay.” Sorry ...

This is a test to see if you understand irony. About to head out to a smart party, self-possessed Jenny appears wearing a dress that is quite revealing and therefore probably unsuitable for the ...

From today's Avengers World #1, Bruce Banner and Steve Rogers having a chat. Bruce Banner, one of the most intelligent people in the Marvel universe, has no idea what irony means. Her loving trifles ...

A couple of years ago, I was invited to an IBM press junket to Germany. Nothing wrong with that – press junkets are what journalists get to make up for being paid a salary roughly equivalent to that ...