"And,that is a very worrisome thing. The alternative,however,is even worse, which is,if we do not use them, then we definitely know that we are not going to be getting any assistance out there,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

It is--at least, it puts itself out there as a candidate to be an alternative term that one might use if one got tired of saying "irony" or "paradox."

如果“讽刺“，“悖论“一类的词,用的太多,可以用“朦胧“来替换“

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