Halloween Breathalyzer Costume Results in What I Believe to Be Irony
As we learned from Alanis Morrisette, irony is a tricky concept, so I have looked up the definition:
irony, n.
1. A figure of speech in which the intended meaning is the opposite of that expressed by the words used; usually taking the form of sarcasm or ridicule in which laudatory expressions are used to imply condemnation or contempt.
2. fig. A condition of affairs or events of a character opposite to what was, or might naturally be, expected; a contradictory outcome of events as if in mockery of the promise and fitness of things.
Oxford English Dictionary (2d ed. 1989).
Now, under that definition, if one who dressed for Halloween thusly --
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