What is verbal irony? - Christopher Warner 

Ex. If I have no money I may say, ironically: "I am truly the richest man in the world!" No sarcasm

+Daniel Keriazis No it doesn't. But if you insist on a more obvious example then here goes: I just finished painting my car blue and on my way out of the garage I knock a bucket of red paint all over the front of the car. Somewhat irritated, I ironically exclaim ''Fantastic!'' when I actually mean the opposite.

+Marcos Ben ikr it upset me too

I see what you did there.

The context matters a lot. That could just be intended as a lie, or you might be referring to an alternative meaning of the word rich. This is the problem of irony, it is defined as an entirely subjective thing.

If I'm broke I can ironically say "I am truly the richest man in the world" without being sarcastic

nomoiman Isn't it just plain wrong? Just saying things that are opposite of the truth without being snarky is irony?

+Chilledfish so it seems, yes

+nomoiman I've asked 2 questions, so which one did you answer?

The latter

Natan Sandle lmfao

This same reason pointed me towards the downwards like button.

He explained it ;) Just not in the way you think he would, ironic huh?

He explained it not in the way I would think he would only because I have not put any thought how he would; It is rather he did not meet my requirement.

Mathmods I don't see how an explanation can be an example

Yep

Very very true

incorrect. i like this video

@@issytws how did you know

Correct

Same

Everything would be harsh and ironic, without being sarcasm

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That's not verbal irony, you are attempting to express to a person that your day was good when it wasn't. That is referred to as lying.

+Sean Peery Perhaps you could show me an example of verbal irony without it being a lie? If not then your opinion doesn't mean a damn thing

I think I thought of a good one. "Break a leg" Literal interpretation being 'I wish bad luck on you', interpreted/intended meaning 'I wish you luck' So what is being said is the opposite of intent, and the intent is good. While simultaneous there is no lying involved because it is a common phrase it is a saying that is widely known as being ironic, so you can with full intention of being honest mean what you say in an ironic sense.

+Sean Peery Well I'm not saying that you're right (because truthfully I don't know) but I'm thinking you're less wrong than me. You win this round.

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+p0rt3r Cool! Wow! That's cool that you can think about it and then turn it around! I have to say, I am one of the many people who would say something like that. (:

+Black Happy Dragon Not according to the video. I think, in that case it might depend on how you say it, though.

+p0rt3r nah,I've seen better explanations.

You are exactly right, it's because they ignored another huge bubble of verbal irony that isn't sarcasm but people have probably heard of before, being facetious. Facetious is saying something that isn't true but in a manner to poke fun and joke, not mock or insult. Compare a jester to a snarker.

A: "The weather is juuuuust horrible right now..." B: "ugh, I hate that you're always so sarcastic..." A: "No, I was being facetious" B: "Actually, I was too"

+Charles Preston Was this verbal irony? :P

To verbal irony, or not verbal irony, that is the question.

Pretty sure it's sarcasm

+Franz Tibunsay He's trying to be sarcastic.

I was JUST about to say this.

Because there are none. They're mutually inclusive

The example was "nice weather we're having". It was on the chalkboard at 2:46

@@nedmurry that is sarcastic though

@@randomname285 For me, it's all in the tone of voice. Sarcasm becomes verbal irony when delivered like a normal sentence would be. Sarcasm has a certain pitch. It's difficult to distinguish when written down but can usually be inferred from the recipient's reaction.

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+Katherine S true...... i agree!

Bullying is not a word to be tossed around lightly. It happens over an extended period of time, regularly, from one party holding power over the other party. Mockery does not have to be a regular, ongoing thing and there might be no power held over either party.

Emerald Daffana While it is true that not all bullying involves mockery, most or even all mockery crosses the line into bullying. That's what I was trying to say. Sorry if it came across the other way.

Sarcasm is always designated to mock or tease, the word to jokingly poke fun while using verbal irony is Facetious. The two concepts are both verbal irony but have two different connotations and I am irked that they only used sarcasm in this video.

If you feel that "mocking" and "bullying" are the same terms, I'd refer you to the short verse: "Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt/harm me." Lost in all the "online bullying" craze is the fact that real bullying used to involve people physically beating you up because they were just mean. They may have said mean things to you as well, but a bully was usually a larger kid picking on a smaller kid either threatening them with physical violence to get them to fall in line with what the bully wanted or being beaten into submission. I guess you can make a word mean whatever you want if enough people misuse it, over time, it will be the new definition.

Ellaine Ece Aydın I just gagged on my water xD

The Optimist ur name makes it even better

Ellaine Ece Aydın who's in your prof pic ?

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Infinite's Sunggyu :)

They are synonymous if you are conveying contempt or mocking somone.

No they're not. If anything, there's more of a difference. You could mock a park manager ironically by playing tennis with the "no ball games" sign, or an under-taker by asking him how many people he's run over with his hearse. They'd only be synonymous if you were sarcastically mocking someone ... who's ... job it was to stop people from using sarcasm?

HaniiPuppy I have no idea what you mean, sorry. I am trying to say that when you mock somone, ironically, that can still be called 'irony' or it can be specified as 'sarcasm'. When you are mocking somone with irony the two terms can surely be used synonymously. But if you are being ironic and not conveying contempt or mocking somone then it is only irony but not sarcasm. Why not? That makes perfect sense, to me.

Controversy Owl But mocking someone using irony and mocking someone using sarcasm are distinctly different. You couldn't call playing someone playing tennis with a "No ball games" sign sarcastic any more than you could call saying "Oh, yeah. This no ball games sign makes perfect sense, and you're truly a wise and all-seeing man for installing it." ironic. For it to be ironic, there has to be some form of unusual common connection between the two things (e.g. the thing you're using and what you're using it for)

HaniiPuppy​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ *(Sorry for word wall).* You seem to be describing 'situational irony' and 'verbal irony' without indicating a distinction. There is no sarcastic situational irony. Playing someone in tennis with a 'No balls!' Sign = 'Situational irony'. Saying, 'Lovely weather we are having,' when it is terrible weather = 'Verbal irony'. Use of verbal irony to mock or convey contempt, e.g, 'Wow, you are so pretty,' when you mean they are ugly = Irony or, can be additionally described as, 'sarcasm'. Using irony to mock or ridicule people's vices, ideas, etc. in terms of modern topical or political views = Irony or, additionally described as, 'satire', could also be 'sarcasm'. Saying, 'You can't fight in the war room!' intentional with humurous effect = 'Comic irony'. An actor pretending to not know that somone is behind them, so that it creates a feeling = 'Dramatic irony'. A lecturer asking for the answer to 5 + 5, when they know the answer but want to know if the class does, or an interviewer asking the CEO of Coca Cola, 'How many packets of sugar are in a bottle?' When the know the answer but wants to mock the CEO = 'Sorcratic irony'. When a man is not sentenced to be eletrocuted in a chair but electrocution is outlawed and he's sent to jail, but then he sits on a toilet, bites into an eletric cable and gets electrocuted on the toilet seat = 'Cosmic irony'. Romeo killing himself because he finds Juliet dead, Juliet is actually asleep and wakes up to find that Romeo killed himself, so she kills herself = 'Tragic irony'. Alchemist using gunpowder to find the secret to immortality but the result, later on, is the total opposite = 'Historical irony'. Irony seems to be a genuine or pretense expectation of the truth, but the truth is the opposite and deliberate, or so contrary to expectations that it almost seems as if it was deliberate or is, and has the effect or goal of info gathering, humour, mockery, dramatic benefit, emphasising the truth, emphasising the unluckiness of a situation, etc. That's how I understand them anyhoo. Irony that is spoken by the person can either be described as irony, or if they are conveying contempt or mocking someone it's sarcasm, therefore 'irony' is always synonymous with 'sarcasm' but sarcasm is not synonymous with irony that isn't mocking or showing contempt. My opinion. The tennis ball situation is not relevant to this because it is situational irony and is never synonymous with sarcasm and vice-versa.

true

knowlege of time and space can do that to you especially to Ted.

Yeah, I TOTALLY agree with you there.

Everyone is so sarcastic in this comment section I can't tell if you are being 😂😂😂

For someone who acts like they know a lot about the English language, you have many grammatical issues.

i wonder do all cultures have their own version of irony? is it something that transcends different languages

It's onlt irony if you say it without attitude. If you say it with attitude, it's irony and sarcasm.

+Sm00th TV You were? Huh, I didn't notice.

sdmitch16 that would not make sense literally.

I would label the last line as sarcasm...

But the irony has the sarcasm. Everything that is sarcastic is irony.

There is nasty weather going on. You are outside in the rain, you say in an annoyed voice to someone "well isn't the weather just great!" That would be sarcasm, a form of verbal irony. If you and your friends are inside of your house and would like to go out and play a game but there is a storm going on, so you jokingly state "what do you mean? The weather looks great!" Withouth being upset, just playful, you are being facetious, another form of verbal irony.

+hytlerson isnt sarcasm what this vids about and irony is if a boy says "i hate people who get bad grades" but gets bad grades themselves?

+hytlerson Sarcasm is the use of irony but with the intent of insulting someone. An example of sarcasm is saying wow your punctuation is soooo good. You know you should be a professor English at university/college because it's just that amazing. An example of irony without being sarcastic is saying to someone did you hear about that fire truck that caught fire or my grandma got an one xbox one last weed and can't stop playing call of duty.

+Sabrinaaa Isn't that hypocritical?

+clowntrooper61 cool. it makes more sense now. Hope you're right though :D else I'll just be more confused. Or, maybe the meaning of this word depends on the region. Or maybe this is same stuff like commas in English - there's no single right way - or right meaning, in the case of irony

hytlerson Alright cool. There are different types of irony and there's is a single meaning of those words. Irony is one of those words where people don't know the actual meaning and over use it.

I liked your comment.

Great! THANKS a Lot!

Wouldn't that be more of an oxymoron?