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Old 2nd Sep 2009, 11:48
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Brian Abraham
 
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Agaricus bisporus, beat me to it. Humour it can be as high lighted below. The original poster does not make clear his intent with the use of the word, though I side on the humour definition. With you on this one Rainboe, tasteless.

i·ro·ny (r-n, r-)
n. pl. i·ro·nies
1.
a. The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
b. An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning.
c. A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect.
2.
a. Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs:
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