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Topic: irony

Loving bride and groom looking at each other and communicating while standing on a rain and protecting themselves with an umbrella. (Getty Images)

The irony of how we use the word "irony"

Roger Kreuz
Tucker Carlson (Getty/Roy Rochlin)

Tucker Carlson: "The patriarchy is gone"

Shira Tarlo
(Getty/Brendan Smialowski)

The bitter irony of Donald Trump

Sophia A. McClennen
All-American Girl (ABC)

GOP uses Cho sitcom photo

Rachel Leah
Vice Presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana points as he sits during the second day session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Tuesday, July 19, 2016. (AP Photo/John Locher) (AP)

Sophia Tesfaye
Dave Eggers, David Foster Wallace, Jennifer Egan (AP/Tina Fineberg/Hachette/Pieter M. Van Hattem)

David Foster Wallace's legacy

Lee Konstantinou
(NBC)

A guide to overcoming irony

Frankie Lyon
(AP/Attila Kovacs/Hachette)

Foster Wallace vs. Franzen

Eric G. Wilson
David Letterman (Reuters/Jessica Rinaldi)

Letterman's ironic legacy

Scott Timberg
Christopher Hitchens (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)

Amanda Marcotte - Alternet
(IFC)

We have irony all wrong

Steven Quartz, Anette Asp
(flickr/Steve Rhodes)

David Foster Wallace's joy

Adam Kirsch
Lena Dunham, Jennifer Lawrence (AP/Joel Ryan/Reuters/Paul Hackett)

Let's all be a lot less honest

R. Jay Magill Jr.
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-1506158p1.html'>LDprod</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=736204'>davidford</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>/Salon)

Anal sex jokes and Dad's death

Sarah Terez Rosenblum
John Oliver, John Kerry (HBO/Reuters/Jason Reed)

Put John Oliver in charge

Sophia A. McClennen
Jon Stewart, David Foster Wallace, Stephen Colbert, Jerry Seinfeld (AP/Evan Agostini/Flickr/Steve Rhodes/AP/Alex Brandon/Reuters)

Normcore is not a joke!

R. Jay Magill Jr.
Seth Rogen, James Franco (AP/Phil Klein)

Gen Y: Too cool for sincerity

Philip Burnett
Hannah Arendt, David Foster Wallace (AP/Hachette Book Group)

In defense of irony

Laura Miller

Michael Reid Roberts - The American Reader
(flickr/Steve Rhodes)

DFW was wrong about irony!

Peter Finocchiaro
(<a href=' http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-148228p1.html'>Lukas Majercik</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Prachi Gupta
David Foster Wallace (Hachette Book Group)

Irony is ruining our culture

Matt Ashby, Brendan Carroll
Subject: SAUNDERS George - Copyright: Basso CANNARSA/Opale - Date: 20090707- (Basso Cannarsa/opale)

George Saunders, truth-teller

David Daley
(Benjamin Wheelock/Salon/AP/Justin Hayworth)

Ted's ironic birther problems

Steven Lubet
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