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Irony

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The term comes from the Greek eironeia, meaning “dissimulation” or—to put it crudely—“bullshit.” The sixteenth-century rhetorician George Puttenham called irony “Drie Mock.” That’s exactly what irony is: dry mockery.  

I try to buy stock in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them. Because sooner or later, one will. Warren Buffett

All you have to do to complete the picture is to become an investment wizard and make more money than anybody in the world.  Word Hero