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Absentx Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Some questions about the word "Ironic" or "Irony"

0Okay, I had an argument with a few friends last night about the meaning of the word ironic.02br
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00Could someone tell me if the following two situations would be classified as "ironic"02br
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001. Driving in a vehicle, you and the person in the car with you are discussing car accidents, as you are discussing it, the two cars in front of you get in a crash.02br
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002. You and a co worker are discussing your dislike for the smell of smoke, immediately smoke begins to role into the room.02br
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00Are either of these situations Ironic?0-
  

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0 A situation isn't generally ironic, a person could be. 02br 02br 00 1. 02br 00 2.

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 A situation isn't generally ironic, a person could be.
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  • Given to the use of irony.
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0 A situation isn't generally ironic, a person could be. 02br
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00 Only something using meaning 3 here could make a situation/state "ironic, in the way/fact that it happened":02br
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0 OK, I've found a dictionary which explains it better:02br
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00 If you say that it is 01b00ironic02b00 that something should happen, 01font00you mean that it is odd or amusing because it involves a contrast02font00. 02br
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0 Actually, I used the word "ironic" today at work. We were talking to our corporate lawyer about protecting a new product name with a registered service mark, and the lawyer said "What if someone only Xeroxed the front page?" Because "Xerox" is still a protected name, the proper thing to say is "a photocopy," not a "Xerox." I pointed out that it was a ironic that we were talking about protectin
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