Bender explains "Irony".

Have someone who needs the definition of 'irony' explained to them? Here's everyone's favourite bending unit, Bender Bending Rodriguez singing it out for you.

(From Season 4 Ep. 18: The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings.)

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[DarkStringCape]

@Xaxton2 No, irony and sarcasm are two different things with very similar concepts.

Sarcasm - The use of words expressing something other than their literal intention (to wound, considering its etymology). E.g. "Sure, it's clearly a good idea to jaywalk in the middle of a busy road".

Irony - When a circumstance is the polar opposite of what you would expect it to be. E.g. if a police officer is arrested for drug dealing.

The two things may overlap occasionally, though.

[AugustBurnt]

College English..

Prof: Who can tell me what irony is?

Class: Silent

Me; *STANDS UP AND SINGS THE DEFINITION*

Boss mode acquired.

[TurtleLord139]

Oh man, it's so funny when people pretend they are know it alls when they are completly wrong

h ttp:// dictionary.reference.co m/browse/irony

[fireofargentis]

if that really happened, im jealous

[mandowarrior123]

"Ironical" is a synonym for sarcasm for example. I was being Ironical/sarcastic. means the same thing. If this helps illustrate your point.

[dev9619]

Ironic that a character on Futurama taught me more than any of my teachers. Thanks Bender Rodriquez!

[midgetwars1]

So they did define it but in ironic terms.

[AmadeusBrozart2694]

Ironically, it's wrong...

[shadowblade15277]

Well I think Ms. Webster lied to me about the definition of irony, because according to her, Irony has the same meaning as sarcasm, just look under the definitions... >.>'

[DustyTheHorse]

congrats you failed english

[Mozilla345]

I did that in my english class

[johnalt16]

He's 40% iron!