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Situational irony: The opposite of what you think

Christopher Warner · TED

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About

Leaps and bounds separate that which is ironic and that which many people simply say is ironic. Christopher Warner wants to set the record straight: Something is ironic if and only if it is the exact opposite of what you would expect. [Directed by Ben Pearce, narrated by Christopher Warner].

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Christopher Warner
Year
2012
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Literature and writing, Languages and linguistics
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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