A new robot was programmed to have a sense of irony, allowing it to approach conversations with all the tact of a surly teenager. The idea was to make a robot that better mirrors how people talk in ...

People have gone to the grave in the most unexpected ways. From the founder of The North Face clothing who suffered ...

Are you or have you ever considered becoming a hipster? You better become acquainted with the already-outdated moniker’s attendant signifier first: Irony. You have to eat it. You have to breathe it.

Before Sept. 11 people laughed at Bill Clinton when he asked what the definition of ‘is’ is and it was the coolly detached age of irony. Now people ask what the definition of irony is and it is just ...

Remember the scene in “Reality Bites” where Wynona Ryder is asked to define irony? “Irony. Uh … Irony. It’s a noun. It’s when something is … ironic. It’s, uh … Well, I can’t really define irony but I ...

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