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Old 03-12-2004, 03:42 PM   #11
hot_pastrami
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Some people (incorrectly) use the word "ironic" interchangably with "sarcastic." I believe dar512 meant "sarcastic."
Hey look, I'm quoting myself to point out my own error... how ironic. I guess that by it's definition, "irony" can technically be synonymous to "sarcasm:"
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The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
...though that's not common usage. At least not in well-educated circles. *Cough*

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