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r/Irony
Irony
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***Irony*** is a figure of speech defining an outcome of events which occur in a way that is contrary to what was, or might have been expected. It can often be funny, but is also characterized in tragic events. We tag flair onto posts to help identify particular types of irony. These tags are not set in stone, please comment your opinion if you disagree with the sub-category in which a post is tagged. An Entertaining & Educational sub-Reddit.
Irony is a figure of speech defining an outcome of events which occur in a way that is contrary to what was, or might have been expected. It can often be funny, but is also characterized in tragic events.
The many types of Irony:
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Total Submissions
19,131
Total Comments
37,495
Earliest Submission
November 24, 2008
Earliest Comment
April 30, 2009
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Most Distinctive Words
Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 37 | 18,906 | 124.2 | 0.2 | 787.78 | |
| #2 | 1,199 | 974,331 | 4024.5 | 8.1 | 495.35 | |
| #3 | 30 | 26,620 | 100.7 | 0.2 | 453.64 | |
| #4 | 1,080 | 1,087,357 | 3625.1 | 9.1 | 399.81 | |
| #5 | 71 | 77,057 | 238.3 | 0.6 | 370.89 | |
| #6 | 57 | 70,053 | 191.3 | 0.6 | 327.53 | |
| #7 | 78 | 114,703 | 261.8 | 1.0 | 273.73 | |
| #8 | 84 | 162,788 | 282.0 | 1.4 | 207.71 | |
| #9 | 48 | 115,214 | 161.1 | 1.0 | 167.70 | |
| #10 | 123 | 387,341 | 412.9 | 3.2 | 127.82 | |
| #11 | 221 | 747,953 | 741.8 | 6.2 | 118.94 | |
| #12 | 48 | 212,738 | 161.1 | 1.8 | 90.82 | |
| #13 | 46 | 205,523 | 154.4 | 1.7 | 90.09 | |
| #14 | 82 | 499,949 | 275.2 | 4.2 | 66.02 | |
| #15 | 107 | 660,857 | 359.2 | 5.5 | 65.17 | |
| #16 | 54 | 336,613 | 181.3 | 2.8 | 64.58 | |
| #17 | 83 | 530,303 | 278.6 | 4.4 | 63.00 | |
| #18 | 42 | 275,792 | 141.0 | 2.3 | 61.30 | |
| #19 | 62 | 414,590 | 208.1 | 3.5 | 60.20 | |
| #20 | 135 | 1,009,590 | 453.1 | 8.4 | 53.83 | |
| #21 | 42 | 331,582 | 141.0 | 2.8 | 50.99 | |
| #22 | 511 | 4,206,456 | 1715.2 | 35.1 | 48.90 | |
| #23 | 51 | 502,890 | 171.2 | 4.2 | 40.82 | |
| #24 | 94 | 996,519 | 315.5 | 8.3 | 37.97 | |
| #25 | 81 | 910,980 | 271.9 | 7.6 | 35.79 | |
| #26 | 131 | 1,824,487 | 439.7 | 15.2 | 28.90 | |
| #27 | 42 | 613,451 | 141.0 | 5.1 | 27.56 | |
| #28 | 61 | 976,965 | 204.7 | 8.1 | 25.13 | |
| #29 | 50 | 809,109 | 167.8 | 6.7 | 24.88 | |
| #30 | 30 | 499,749 | 100.7 | 4.2 | 24.16 | |
| #31 | 31 | 533,120 | 104.1 | 4.4 | 23.41 | |
| #32 | 50 | 957,179 | 167.8 | 8.0 | 21.03 | |
| #33 | 75 | 1,457,786 | 251.7 | 12.2 | 20.71 | |
| #34 | 65 | 1,266,186 | 218.2 | 10.6 | 20.66 | |
| #35 | 67 | 1,376,739 | 224.9 | 11.5 | 19.59 | |
| #36 | 35 | 752,787 | 117.5 | 6.3 | 18.72 | |
| #37 | 194 | 4,185,858 | 651.2 | 34.9 | 18.66 | |
| #38 | 41 | 899,577 | 137.6 | 7.5 | 18.35 | |
| #39 | 43 | 961,024 | 144.3 | 8.0 | 18.01 | |
| #40 | 37 | 847,542 | 124.2 | 7.1 | 17.57 | |
| #41 | 43 | 1,032,417 | 144.3 | 8.6 | 16.77 | |
| #42 | 103 | 2,484,250 | 345.7 | 20.7 | 16.69 | |
| #43 | 54 | 1,307,681 | 181.3 | 10.9 | 16.62 | |
| #44 | 74 | 1,842,608 | 248.4 | 15.4 | 16.17 | |
| #45 | 119 | 3,014,964 | 399.4 | 25.1 | 15.89 | |
| #46 | 33 | 845,100 | 110.8 | 7.0 | 15.72 | |
| #47 | 33 | 854,822 | 110.8 | 7.1 | 15.54 | |
| #48 | 70 | 1,815,571 | 235.0 | 15.1 | 15.52 | |
| #49 | 57 | 1,560,228 | 191.3 | 13.0 | 14.71 | |
| #50 | 66 | 1,832,763 | 221.5 | 15.3 | 14.50 |