irony

• witty language used to convey insults or scorn
• incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
• a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
• Made or consisting of iron
• Resembling iron taste, hardness, or other physical property
• Dissimulation
• A sort of humor, ridicule, or light sarcasm, which adopts a mode of speech the meaning of which is contrary to the literal sense of the words

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