Saying one thing but meaning the opposite

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Wed Nov 12 17:00:07 UTC 2008


When someone says "my good friends" but means the opposite, what is
this figure of speech called?

(No I don't mean John McCain; I am speculating about Hawthorne.)

Joel

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