A style of comedic delivery in which something humorous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression.
Impassive.
Deliberately impassive or expressionless.
Having such a face or look.
To express (oneself) in an impassive or expressionless manner.
In a deadpan manner.
Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected.
Socratic irony: ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.
An ironic statement.
Of or pertaining to the metal iron.
The food had an irony taste to it.