This morning my co-worker came in and asked if anybody knew the definition of irony. I think it was tied to some fun he was going through with one of our clients, but the point is that it made me think - what does irony mean? I mean, of course my answer to him was "well, it's like rain on your wedding day - or a free ride when you are already late." I mean that's what Alanis taught us right? So as a PSA, I thought it would be a good reminder to post the definition: 1) The use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning, OR 2) incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result.
Wikipedia has a pretty interesting article on irony. Also, it appears that an old photo of mine is indeed ironic. Now go out and find something ironic - even though it might or might not be ironic to be looking for irony . . .
Note: the definition used in this post is my edited version of the M-W.com entry for irony. Since I am a self-proclaimed KIA, I am allowed to do such things.
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You know what's ironic? Me having to take the bar again when we decided that we weren't going to do that to ourselves . . . or our marriage.
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