irony (plural ironies)
1. A statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean the opposite of what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, notably as a form of humor.
2. (colloquial) The quality or state of an event being both coincidental and contradictory in a humorous or poignant and extremely improbable way.
3. Being linked to the transfer of a forward, who subsequently signs for a rival team from the south and who then goes on to score against the team he was originally linked to.