ironysilt
/ˈaɪrəniˌsɪlt/nounVerified NewThe sediment of once-ironic phrases that have hardened into sincere everyday usage.
Ironic detachment was supposed to be temporary housing, and years later the phrases are used straight by people who never heard the joke. The irony deposited a layer nobody notices walking on.
Etym. — irony + silt — what a receding tide of detachment leaves behind.
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