1. • noun - witty language used to convey insults or scorn
   • noun - incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
   • noun - a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
2. • The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
   • An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning.
   • A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect.
   • Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs: “Hyde noted the irony of Ireland’s copying the nation she most hated” (Richard Kain).
   • An occurrence, a result, or a circumstance notable for such incongruity.
   • Dramatic irony.
   • Socratic irony.
3. • n - the use of words to express the opposite of what is literally said

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