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the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention

Nope, doesn't qualify

A statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of what is written literally

Don't see how this works either.

I'll skip over Socratic irony and Dramatic irony- hopefully it is obvious this is neither.

I could be wrong, of course. The colloquial & popular use is so different from the actual meaning of the word, I am never quite sure I have the right of it.






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