In an ironic sense they are used also about later war campaigns.

He is afflicted with ironic, dry sense of humor.

He has quite a self-deprecating and ironic sense of humour.

She often displays an ironic sense of humor, is very strong, and talks to herself a lot.

He had an ironic sense of humor that always amused.

This was a man with a fine, ironic sense of humor, which he used to puncture stuffed shirts.

He has plenty of insight into human nature, and is not without a certain ironic sense of humor.

Friends for a decade, they share an ironic sense of humor and a fierce imagination.

An ironic and absurdist sense of humor pervades the film.

There are also similarities in the ironic sense of humor found in both works.