When the intentional meaning of words and actions are not the same as the actual meaning.
Higgins uses irony to toy with Eliza since she is so naïve- her reactions to his irony is amusing because she does not know what it is and therefore thinks he is being literal.
MRS. PEARCE. But I've no place to put her.
HIGGINS. Put her in the dustbin.
LIZA. Ah—ah—ah—ow—ow—oo!
Higgins uses irony to toy with Eliza since she is so naïve- her reactions to his irony is amusing because she does not know what it is and therefore thinks he is being literal.
MRS. PEARCE. But I've no place to put her.
HIGGINS. Put her in the dustbin.
LIZA. Ah—ah—ah—ow—ow—oo!