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If we are nitpicking, then I am compelled to point out that "ironic" doesn't mean what you may think it does: https://medium.com/@frithahookway/the-ironic-misus
by ignoramous 5y ago
If we are nitpicking, then I am compelled to point out that "ironic" doesn't mean what you may think it does: https://medium.com/@frithahookway/the-ironic-misuse-of-irony-bfec59c8a632 https://medium.com/@frithahookway/the-ironic-misuse-of-irony...
- dmos62 5y agoI think we could debate this. > irony (ˈaɪənɪ) adj: of, resembling, or containing iron. In all seriousness, if we want to get nitpicking let's go back to the fact that the word comes from the Greek eirōneia, which means feigned ignorance, which in turn comes from the Greek eirōn, dissembler. I'd then argue that naming things silly names can be called ironic if the story world feigns ignorance of them being silly.
- ignoramous 5y agoPoint taken (: > I think we could debate this. Wouldn't be worth both our time though.