Definition: Irony (eye’-ruhn-ee) When there’s a significant gap between what is

Definition:
Irony (eye’-ruhn-ee)
When there’s a significant gap between what is expected or intended and what occurs, what is said and what is meant, or what is understood by different parties.

I frequently use the term in the context of “painful illustration of the tendency for human folly.” It’s a very smug form of humor. 😉

When I studied writing in college my work was both criticized and complimented for consisting of ‘extended irony’…. which is, well, probably how I see the world: almost entirely constituted of children running with scissors. 😉

Elitist prick yes. But I work for my people not against them. 😉