Ironic
Ironic adjective - Characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is.
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Lampooning and ironic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lampooning" instead an adjective "Ironic".
Lampooning
Ironic and lampooning are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ironic" instead an adjective "Lampooning".
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- Also includes self-lampooning, such as Mike's legendary ironic phrase "Trust us, we're Americans." Nazi Grandpa: Omzit's great-grandfather.
Source: Web Video / Jesse Cox - In Germany there was the ironic acryonm "Gröfaz" (sometimes spelled "GröFaZ) for Hitler, lampooning the propaganda of the Nazis - Größter Feldherr aller Zeiten, "greatest commander-in-chief of all times'''.
Source: Fun With Acronyms / Real Life
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