# What is verbal irony?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Christopher Warner
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, Literature and writing
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_warner_what_is_verbal_irony)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

At face value the lines between verbal irony sarcasm and compliments can be blurry. After all the phrase 'That looks nice' could be all three depending on the circumstances. In the final of a three part series on irony Christopher Warner gets into the irony you may use most often and most casually: verbal irony. \[Directed by Ben Pearce, narrated by Christopher Warner\].

## Lectures

1. [What is verbal irony?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/christopher_warner_what_is_verbal_irony/950d825b0175), 4 min (TED's player)