Answer and Irony

Answer

Answer noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.

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Irony and answer are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Irony" instead a noun "Answer".

Irony noun - Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs.

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Answer and irony are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Answer" instead a noun "Irony".

Nearby Words: ironic, ironical, ironically, ironist

clear	clear answer	clear irony
particular	particular answer	particular irony
true	true answer	true irony
obvious	obvious answer	obvious irony
Other adjectives: simple, actual, real, big, possible, final, implied.

How satisfying you find this answer depends on how strict your definition of irony is.

Source: Deliberate Flaw Retcon
There's further irony in realizing that agnosticism and belief are not actually mutually exclusive (you might not know the answer but you can still believe in it anyway).

Source: Acceptable Religious Targets
Die Ärzte usually occupy the silly side, not only in their song lyrics, but also in their stage antics and in interviews, where almost every answer could as well have been irony or them messing with their interviewer.

Source: Sliding Scale of Silliness Versus Seriousness

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