And it turns out SmartPak has quite a sense of humor. Or rather, a sense of irony.
noun, plural i·ro·nies.i·ro·ny
[ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-]
1.the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
Also:
ox·y·mo·ron
[ok-si-mawr-on, -mohr-]
noun, plural ox·y·mo·ra [ok-si-mawr-uh, -mohr-uh], ox·y·mor·ons. Rhetoric .a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”
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