# What is the Opposite of Irony?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-irony/609156>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 11, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-irony/609156 "2012-01-11T13:24:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-irony/609156/41 "2017-11-16T14:04:03Z")

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> \_\_ \_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_ \_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_, \_\_\_ \_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_. \_\_\_ \_\_ \_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_ \_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, \_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ \_\_… ?

OP’s post has been ironed by the ironist.

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**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-irony/609156/42 "2017-11-16T15:10:18Z")

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I thought we had a rule against posting in Morse code.

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**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-irony/609156/43 "2017-11-16T15:15:02Z")

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.-- … . .-. . / .-- — …- .-… -… / - … .- - / -… . …–… 😃 [https://morsecode.scphillips.com/translator.html](https://morsecode.scphillips.com/translator.html)

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**Author:** ![Doubticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@Doubticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doubticus)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-irony/609156/44 "2017-11-16T15:57:52Z")

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Poetic?

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