(from the Ancient Greek ???????? eironeĆa, meaning hypocrisy, deception, or feigned ignorance) is a literary or rhetorical device, in which there is an incongruity or discordance between what one says or does and what one means or what is generally understood. Irony is a mode of expression that calls attention to discrepancy between two levels of knowledge.
Yesterday was a marvelous day, on many levels, with some great people newly sworn into Congress, on both the Senate and House sides. …
The irony …
Of watching Dick Cheney administer the oath of office to the Senators of the 111th Congress.