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

Let's all be a lot less honest

R. Jay Magill Jr.
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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.
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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
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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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