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for questions about irony and ironic statements.

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Has 'fat chance' always been used sarcastically or was it once a factual term?

The literal usage was either never used popularly or only used that way for a short period of time. My authority other than "not that I am aware of"? -- I say this based on comparing the Google Ngram …
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