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What (who) is ironic - definition

SONG BY CANADIAN-AMERICAN SINGER ALANIS MORISSETTE
Morissettian Irony; Morissettian irony; Ironic (Song); Isn't it Ironic; Ironic song; It's like rain on your wedding day
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RHETORICAL DEVICE, LITERARY TECHNIQUE, OR SITUATION IN WHICH THERE IS AN INCONGRUITY BETWEEN THE LITERAL AND THE IMPLIED MEANING
Socratic irony; Ironic; Dramatic irony; Verbal irony; Ironically; Roman irony; Ironical; Tragic irony; Parallel irony; Cosmic irony; Ironies; Dramatic Irony; Situational irony; Literary irony; Comic irony; Historical irony; Cosmic joke; Self-irony
adj. ironic that + clause (it's ironic that the weakest student in mathematics was elected class treasurer)
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RHETORICAL DEVICE, LITERARY TECHNIQUE, OR SITUATION IN WHICH THERE IS AN INCONGRUITY BETWEEN THE LITERAL AND THE IMPLIED MEANING
Socratic irony; Ironic; Dramatic irony; Verbal irony; Ironically; Roman irony; Ironical; Tragic irony; Parallel irony; Cosmic irony; Ironies; Dramatic Irony; Situational irony; Literary irony; Comic irony; Historical irony; Cosmic joke; Self-irony
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1. using or characterized by irony.
2. happening in the opposite way to what is expected, and causing wry amusement because of this.
Derivatives
ironical adjective
ironically adverb
Origin
C17: from Fr. ironique or late L. ironicus, from Gk eironikos 'dissembling', from eironeia (see irony1).
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RHETORICAL DEVICE, LITERARY TECHNIQUE, OR SITUATION IN WHICH THERE IS AN INCONGRUITY BETWEEN THE LITERAL AND THE IMPLIED MEANING
Socratic irony; Ironic; Dramatic irony; Verbal irony; Ironically; Roman irony; Ironical; Tragic irony; Parallel irony; Cosmic irony; Ironies; Dramatic Irony; Situational irony; Literary irony; Comic irony; Historical irony; Cosmic joke; Self-irony
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1.
When you make an ironic remark, you say something that you do not mean, as a joke.
People used to call me Mr Popularity at high school, but they were being ironic.
ADJ
2.
If you say that it is ironic that something should happen, you mean that it is odd or amusing because it involves a contrast.
Does he not find it ironic that the sort of people his movie celebrates hardly ever watch this kind of movie?
ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ that

Wikipedia

Ironic (song)

"Ironic" is a song by Canadian singer Alanis Morissette. It was released in February 1996 as the third single from her third studio album, Jagged Little Pill (1995). It was written by Morissette and Glen Ballard, and was produced by him. "Ironic" is a song written in the key of B major, and includes a moderate tempo of eighty-five beats per minute. The lyrics present several situations that are described as "ironic"; this has led to debate as to whether any of these actually match the accepted meaning of irony.

For six weeks, the track topped the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart. It also reached the top five in Australia, New Zealand, and Norway. In the United States, the song reached number four on April 13, 1996, and since then it has been her highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100. "Ironic" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The song won the Juno Award for Single of the Year, and received two Grammy Award nominations in 1997, for Record of the Year and Best Short Form Music Video. French director Stéphane Sednaoui filmed the music video. In it, Morissette drives through a winter landscape, and she plays multiple roles as her passengers. MTV nominated the music video for six MTV Video Music Awards in 1996, winning three of them. The music video was listed on VH1's "Greatest Music Videos" list and was parodied by DBA Flip, Allison Rheaume, Rusty and "Weird Al" Yankovic.

In September 2001, following the September 11 attacks, "Ironic" was labeled inappropriate due to its lyrics by American mass media company Clear Channel Communications. The song was included on the set list of Morissette's Jagged Little Pill World Tour (1995), and her compilation albums MTV Unplugged (1999), The Collection (2005), among others. The song was covered by Mexican duet Jesse & Joy for their album Esta Es Mi Vida Sesiones (2007), and by American band Four Year Strong for their cover album Explains It All (2009).

Examples of use of ironic
1. It would be easy to dismiss the flowers or soup cans as flippant or ironic, but Andy was never ironic.
2. Verdonk‘s announcement, was seen as particularly ironic.
3. That‘s the ironic truth facing epidemiologists around the country.
4. More polls» The timing could scarcely be more ironic.
5. He defined "moral panic" using subtly ironic phrases.