Jon Winokur defines and classifies irony and contrasts it with coincidence and cynicism, and other oft-confused concepts that many think are ironic. He looks at

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A collection of essays highlight typical American foibles, poking fun at such areas as the futility of the reduced fat diet, the differences in men's and women'

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The definitive pronouncement on more than 1,500 of our most commonly mispronounced words. From the language maven Charles Harrington Elster comes an authoritati