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Army of GOD wrote:Also, you can tell he's in an art room, and it's clearly not a testing situation (look at the guy in the back). And I don't know how many times I cheated in art by looking up something on my phone.
I cheat in art by destroying someone else's clay sculpture so mine looks better.
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an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
BigBallinStalin wrote:an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irony
Woodruff wrote:BigBallinStalin wrote:an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irony
By that definition, any sort of unexpected result is ironic. That doesn't make a lot of sense.
Army of GOD wrote:Woodruff wrote:BigBallinStalin wrote:an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irony
By that definition, any sort of unexpected result is ironic. That doesn't make a lot of sense.
I think it does. But anyway, this disagreement is all semantics. I first learned irony to be "an unexpected result" (word-for-word). For some people this might be irony, for others it might not be.
\Woodruff wrote:Army of GOD wrote:Woodruff wrote:BigBallinStalin wrote:an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irony
By that definition, any sort of unexpected result is ironic. That doesn't make a lot of sense.
I think it does. But anyway, this disagreement is all semantics. I first learned irony to be "an unexpected result" (word-for-word). For some people this might be irony, for others it might not be.
True irony is the use of words in a context which is the opposite of it's literal meaning.
BigBallinStalin wrote:\Woodruff wrote:Army of GOD wrote:Woodruff wrote:By that definition, any sort of unexpected result is ironic. That doesn't make a lot of sense.
I think it does. But anyway, this disagreement is all semantics. I first learned irony to be "an unexpected result" (word-for-word). For some people this might be irony, for others it might not be.
True irony is the use of words in a context which is the opposite of it's literal meaning.
Can you give me a really good example? I have always had trouble with understanding what "irony" means.
Army of GOD wrote:It's literal meaning?
The meaning of a word is made by the person using the word. Definitions are just a general agreement of what a word should mean. God forbid someone has a definition of irony that contradicts yours.
Woodruff wrote:BigBallinStalin wrote:\Woodruff wrote:Army of GOD wrote:Woodruff wrote:By that definition, any sort of unexpected result is ironic. That doesn't make a lot of sense.
I think it does. But anyway, this disagreement is all semantics. I first learned irony to be "an unexpected result" (word-for-word). For some people this might be irony, for others it might not be.
True irony is the use of words in a context which is the opposite of it's literal meaning.
Can you give me a really good example? I have always had trouble with understanding what "irony" means.
Well it sure as hell isn't "rain on your wedding day". A very simple usage would be to suggest that something were "as pleasant as a root canal", for instance. A more interesting one is thinking back to when the Reagan assassination attempt took place where he was hospitalized (I don't remember the attacker...Hinkman? Jodie Foster's stalkerish dude, I think.). All of Hinkman's shots missed the President, yet he was struck quite seriously by a bullet that ricocheted off of the armor of his vehicle. This is ironic because the armor of the vehicle is designed to protect the President yet, in this particular case, it directly took part in making his very serious injury.
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