: the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really want to say especially in order to insult someone, to show irritation, or to be funny

He’s home sick today.  There has been a total of 7 days of school.  He has been there for 4 1/2 of them.  Sigh.

My little guy is actually good as gold when he is home sick.  Today he was my little buddy escorting me about town and a lovely companion.  Although while he waited for me in the nurses’s station during my exam he picked up all sorts of female medical terms that I would have preferred to avoided.

So Home Goods was practically NEXT DOOR to the doctor’s office.  I mean I almost had to walk through it just to get back in the car.  Naturally, I dragged my semi-sick seven year old inside for a quick looksie.  I actually think it was his idea.  He WANTED to go in and see the Halloween decorations.  While inside not looking at Halloween decorations we discussed his bedroom decor which led to this post.  He wants to know if we could fit a giant robot in his room, a canopy to keep his room shady (?) and if we could paint the walls red.  Maybe?