Before leaving for work, I squeezed half of a lemon into my water bottle. Now I have a paper cut on my tongue (why did I actually lick the stupid envelope).
Is this real irony or Alanis Morrisette needs a dictionary pretend irony?
CLMon7906
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that song has confused me as to what irony is....so i have no clue
JanuaryBride06
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that song has confused me as to what irony is....so i have no clue
Well we know that it's not rain on your wedding day or a black fly in your chardonay!
SuzBride
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I think that is like rain on your wedding day! It's a free ride, when you already paid. It's the good advice that you just didn't take.......
ETA: Hey you beat me!
itslaurie.
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I think its more Lemony Snicket's
eta: (...a series of unfortunate events)
JanuaryBride06
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I think its more Lemony Snicket's
eta - I knew you meant unfortunate events but I liked that Lemony was in there.
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Posted by JanuaryBride06 Is this real irony or Alanis Morrisette needs a dictionary pretend irony?
HAH! I remember, I think this was on pop-up video or something - they said none of what AM was singing about was actually ironic and amounted to little more than a series of 'bummers'
dictionary.com says this:
Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs: “Hyde noted the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated” (Richard Kain). An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongruity. See Usage Note at ironic.
by this definition, I think I would say no...
JanuaryBride06
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Damn you Alanis Morrisette. I've let you screw up my whole understanding of irony (which I actually had no trouble with until you came along).
itslaurie.
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eta - I knew you meant unfortunate events but I liked that Lemony was in there.
that's cause your smart.
so is 'Lemony' double entendre, ?
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Haha Wikipedia is my new fav
'Alanis Morissette’s popular 1995 song “Ironic” breathed new life into the ongoing controversy over the definition of irony. The song attracted a great deal of attention from prescriptivists for its (arguably) blatant misuse of the word ironic. Morissette’s alleged misuses of the word include the following:
It’s like a traffic jam/When you’re already late He won the lottery/And died the next day Among those who assert that the song uses an invalid definition of irony, many find it ironic that Morissette would write a song titled “Ironic” with no actual irony in it. In 2004, Morissette herself acknowledged that the song doesn’t live up to the definition, which is what makes it ironic. But even that is not technically ironic.'
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Posted by JanuaryBride06
eta - I knew you meant unfortunate events but I liked that Lemony was in there.
that's cause your smart.
so is 'Lemony' double entendre, ?
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Haha Wikipedia is my new fav
'Alanis Morissette’s popular 1995 song “Ironic” breathed new life into the ongoing controversy over the definition of irony. The song attracted a great deal of attention from prescriptivists for its (arguably) blatant misuse of the word ironic. Morissette’s alleged misuses of the word include the following:
It’s like a traffic jam/When you’re already late He won the lottery/And died the next day Among those who assert that the song uses an invalid definition of irony, many find it ironic that Morissette would write a song titled “Ironic” with no actual irony in it. In 2004, Morissette herself acknowledged that the song doesn’t live up to the definition, which is what makes it ironic. But even that is not technically ironic.'
I remember Palebride pointing that out a while ago (irony that the whole song misuses the word ironic).
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Haha Wikipedia is my new fav
In 2004, Morissette herself acknowledged that the song doesn’t live up to the definition, which is what makes it ironic. But even that is not technically ironic.'
Truly dizzying intellect, no???
We were wikipedians at the same time (see bikini post! )
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Posted by SuzBride
Haha Wikipedia is my new fav
In 2004, Morissette herself acknowledged that the song doesn’t live up to the definition, which is what makes it ironic. But even that is not technically ironic.'
Truly dizzying intellect, no???
We were wikipedians at the same time (see bikini post! )
I just saw that!
CLMon7906
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Posted by usuk2004
Posted by SuzBride
Haha Wikipedia is my new fav
In 2004, Morissette herself acknowledged that the song doesn’t live up to the definition, which is what makes it ironic. But even that is not technically ironic.'
Truly dizzying intellect, no???
We were wikipedians at the same time (see bikini post! )
