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Joe Crowley: “Can I enter into the record a definition I got off the Internet? Irony is the use of words 'to convey a meaning that is…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2013
Can I enter into the record a definition I got off the Internet? Irony is the use of words 'to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; an expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning.'
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Joe Crowley
Democratic · New York

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