So, just as we adopt a blasé attitude to protect ourselves in the metropolis, we use irony to protect ourselves in the ...

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“I love to lie,” one of my friends said, sweetly tricking our gullible friend with another one of her fibs. “No, but be for real,” my other friend responded. She’s in agony. “I am,” she replied, with ...

Since I started contributing to Psychology Today three years ago, I’ve been periodically exploring how laughter and humor are related to other terms often associated with them. They include concepts ...

Irony is one of those things you kind of know when you see or hear it on screen, but it's much harder to define and put into layman's terms. But don't worry, we have you covered there. Today, we're ...

Irony has a special place in the human psyche. Otherwise mundane concepts suddenly come to life when they’re recognized to have an ironic quality. British comedian David Mitchell captures this ...