Edit this page Talk0. The Greek alphabet is used extensively in mathematics and the physical sciences to stand for well known constants, variables, functions, and so forth.
The question calls for examples of irony. This answer provides many examples of irony (each bulleted item is an example of irony), and explains the different ways in which they are ironic. The most common form of irony is when the spoken words do not convey the underlying meaning.
What is Satire? What is Irony? Composition II Irony Cicero referred to irony as saying one thing and meaning another. Irony comes in many forms. Verbal irony (also called sarcasm) is a trope in which a speaker makes a statement in which its actual meaning differs sharply from the meaning that the words ostensibly express.