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Originally Posted by ddp
No it is not.
Irony (from the Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία eirōneía, meaning hypocrisy, deception, or feigned ignorance) is a situation, literary technique, or rhetorical device, in which there is an incongruity or discordance that goes strikingly beyond the most simple and evident meaning of words or actions.
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You don't think I'm already aware of that definition?
In my opinion irony is a form of humour because it makes me laugh, near invariably. That's how I gauge life - its capacity to make me chuckle.
Humour is the capacity for comic value, and I find irony to inherently have a significant proportion.