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Irony is the use of words to express something other than & especially the opposite of the literal meaning. This is not an example of irony. https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100011437 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irony#:~:text=1,or%20form%20characterized%20by%20irony https://www.dictionary.com/browse/irony https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/what-irony-is-not/ https://medium.com/@frithahookway/the-ironic-misuse-of-irony-bfec59c8a632 Even Alanis Morissette now knows the correct meaning: https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2016/05/alanis-morissette-recognizes-its-not-ironic/624060/
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