Linguistic Irony

[flwyd]

In general, the adjective "atomic" means something cannot be split into parts.

Ironically, the atomic bomb operates by splitting atoms. It is a weapon so powerful it tears language apart.

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This is only mildly, tangentially related...

[clarsa.livejournal.com]

One day when Tanith was in the first grade, I was walking her home from school. After a bit of silence, out of nowhere, she said, "Greenland and Iceland are a geographical Spoonerism."