My favourite definition of the word "ironic" is this, it's when something turns out the opposite of what was intended.
Pedants among you can have fun correcting the grammar above, I'm going to be illustrating semantics here.
Here's a nice illustration.
When W and I split up we had massive rows about PROPERTY and MONEY.
Massive..
HUGE..
You can imagine it all for yourself (and if you can't , lucky you...I'm going to hope it stays that way for you).
I am digressing. The upshot of the Macy and W property war was he went and bought his own flat. It was probably either that or a nuclear warhead. Anyway I was persona extremely non grata for years. For TWO years I was not allowed in the door. No ways.. I ony got my first cup of coffee there after his diagnosis.
So it's pretty ironic now that I own the flat in trust for the Cherub and his half brother. And really really ironic that I'm fitting a new kitchen and decorating HIS flat.
Life's got a habit of getting ironic on me lately.
19 August 2010 at 21:35
Irony has a habit of trotting up and biting one on the arse. It keeps life interesting.
20 August 2010 at 06:44
Mr Musgrove - That would be another pretty good definition!
20 August 2010 at 13:55
Very ironic. As you say, things can work out very differently from how you expect (even worse grammar?). I would say ironic can also mean having two opposite meanings simultaneously, like something that's tragic and comic at the same time.
21 August 2010 at 09:25
Nick - Ooops - this blog is also going international(all hail grammar!!). Black humour (humor) methinks..
22 August 2010 at 14:46
Ironic that you are decorating to your taste---but then again, he probably didn't have one.
And a kitchen---he probably didn't use that.
And of course, a Ned room
22 August 2010 at 19:01
Clyde - But we always did have the same taste in homestuff. And he always said that the kitchen needed work.
In fact when I went back to start clearing out the kitchen for the workmen last week, I even explained outloud all what was going to change.
That's stupid. He can't hear. But he would have liked it.
25 August 2010 at 16:16
Yep, irony is the joker in the pack.
Sometimes onside... often off.
Sx
25 August 2010 at 18:13
Yeah Scarlet..And not half as funny as he thinks he is, that's for sure..
25 August 2010 at 23:54
I've gone back and read this blog from the beginning. You're brilliant, and not just where grammar is concerned.
26 August 2010 at 07:57
Barb - I wish! But your comment has fairly lit up the whole of Princes Steet Edinburgh, as I wend my way to work today...