post-ironic

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1. Exhibiting or relating to post-irony.

   Of course, in these post-ironic times, we love Bon Jovi but we don't love people who don't realise that they're Bon Jovi when they are.

   2010 January 2, Pete Cashmore, “Music: This week's releases”, in The Guardian

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   And why do you have the Aqua album? […] Wasn't quite the ‘post-ironic Europop masterpiece’ you declared it to be back in 1997 as you were sipping post-ironic absinthe out of post-ironic Charles & Di mugs (she'd just died) in that flat in Tulse Hill […]

   2010, John O'Connell, The Midlife Manual, Hachette, →ISBN

   So if you’re wondering what to get the post-ironic teen in your life this Christmas you might want to try eyesores like these thigh-high UGG boots, cowboy sneaker boots, and Nike “fanny pack slides”.

   2018 November 3, Laura Pitcher, “Teens embracing Crocs is fashion’s latest so-uncool-it's-cool trend”, in The Guardian

   At the beginning, me being an artist at the company had been a way for me to maintain what some people have called a “post-ironic” position toward my job.

   2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN

   And teenagers are more likely to use 🙏 instead of 👍, which is still particularly popular with Gen X (and which Mr. Aleksic called a “boomer emoji” that is now being used by some young people in “a post-ironic way”).

   2026 August 13, Eve Washington, Larry Buchanan, Claire Cain Miller, “😭 or 😂: Do Your Emojis Make You Look Old?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN