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- adverb In an
unironic way; withoutirony .
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Examples
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I don’t even know how to describe it other than starting with the fact that they thought “Beaverton” was a good choice for a name and up until a couple years ago their summer festival was called unironically “A Taste of Beaverton” much to the snickering of every band who ever took stage there.
Update on the “Guilty of Insufficiently Traumatized Behavior” Case 2005
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But watch the entire interview on the web and you see, again, that the problems with Fox are far more disturbing than even the great--and I say that unironically--Jon Stewart is willing or able to consider.
Eric Alterman: Think Again: Jon Stewart and Chris Wallace: Network on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Eric Alterman 2011
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This information can be found on the Foundation's unironically-named "2011 Index of Economic Freedoms."
Richard (RJ) Eskow: We're Better off Than Egypt -- Right? Let's Take a Look. RJ 2011
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He was very talented at taking himself extremely seriously--so much so that at the tender age of 20, he used to unironically smoke a pipe.
Ruth Andrew Ellenson: The Moment I Knew Ruth Andrew Ellenson 2011
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This information can be found on the Foundation's unironically-named "2011 Index of Economic Freedoms."
Richard (RJ) Eskow: We're Better off Than Egypt -- Right? Let's Take a Look. RJ 2011
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Try to imagine the kind of person who would make the 12: 18 p.m. comment unironically.
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When was the last time you saw a sitcom where friends (unironically) held hands and prayed for strength?
'Sherri' premiere recap: If you like it then you shouldn'ta had a fling on it | EW.com 2009
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But watch the entire interview on the web and you see, again, that the problems with Fox are far more disturbing than even the great--and I say that unironically--Jon Stewart is willing or able to consider.
Eric Alterman: Think Again: Jon Stewart and Chris Wallace: Network on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Eric Alterman 2011
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I actually and unironically yelled at some trick-or-treaters to "Get off my lawn!"
Archive 2009-11-01 Tyler 2009
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This information can be found on the Foundation's unironically-named "2011 Index of Economic Freedoms."
Richard (RJ) Eskow: We're Better off Than Egypt -- Right? Let's Take a Look. RJ 2011
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