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"I am being ironical" -- Robin Williams He killed in a standup routine and had the crowd laughing hard, but then he shrugged it off in the end and said "just k

by mahmud 16y ago

"I am being ironical" -- Robin Williams He killed in a standup routine and had the crowd laughing hard, but then he shrugged it off in the end and said "just kidding, I am being ironical", and the crowd giggled, slightly less enthusiastic (like he broke character.) I couldn't believe it! The entire audience missed the icing. That was the money. FATALITY. Absolutely amazing, and no one got it. :-|

StavrosK 16y ago
Yeah, I don't get it either :/ What was it?
- mahmud 16y ago
  The correct phrase is "I am being ironic", not ironical.
  - StavrosK 16y ago
    Erm? http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ironical http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ironical
    - mahmud 16y ago
      Ahem! http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ironical http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ironical Words grow quicker than we can catalog them, and die preserved on paper.
      - StavrosK 16y ago
        Hmm, it's odd, it sounds perfectly acceptable to me. I'd never have guessed it's not used, maybe because it's "ειρωνικός" in Greek, which would accept the -ical suffix (like "λογικός" - logical (and not "logic")). TL;DR: English is a second language :P