2007-09-08 03:32:25 · 10 answers · asked by ^MomentaryInsanity^ 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
When something is ironic it is funny in a non-laughing sort of way.
The way that a situation might unfold, you might not have expected it to be that way which causes the irony.
It can also include a contradiction. It's usually when you're perceiving something to be one way and it turns out to be something pretty different.
2007-09-08 03:43:27 · answer #1 · answered by Willy M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Irony has more than one meaning.
Most commonly, it means the unfortunate occurrence of a situation that would otherwise be fortunate, as in some of the examples cited in other answers
Dramatic irony refers to a situation where a person is led to believe something, whereas the meaning is actually the opposite, which is obvious to a third party.
A third form is when the speaker means the opposite of what he has said, with the express purpose of letting the listener know, as in "Well, THAT was a good idea, wasn't it?"; when in fact the listener knows quite well that it was a blunder.
2007-09-08 11:09:33 · answer #2 · answered by AndrewG 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if something is ironic it means that the complete opposite of what you though would happen/would be happened/was.
so:
It was ironic the dog survived the fall but the man didn't
because you would have thought the dog was more likely to die than the man.
2007-09-08 13:13:36 · answer #3 · answered by kelby_lake 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Irony is an ending that you would not expect; like in The Scarlet Letter. Doomsdale, Hester's lover and father of her love child, was also the same person who sentenced her to the stockade with the "A." He also led the townspeople the center of town where they were displayed.
2007-09-08 10:40:05 · answer #4 · answered by ejn01247 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sudden unexpected, unintentional turn of events or circumstances. For example,
I did not expect to answer this question but ironically I realized suddenly that I can respond to it.
2007-09-08 11:05:55 · answer #5 · answered by ari-pup 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is my take.....Your husband goes to have a vasectomy because you no longer want any more children (or any at all) he comes home and you tell him you just found out you are pregnant....Ironic...
2007-09-08 10:38:25 · answer #6 · answered by jlb94117 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
ironic - you finally met MR. Perfect - and then you meet his beautiful wife
2007-09-08 10:51:30 · answer #7 · answered by cgriffin1972 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
contrary to what was expected or intended.....Check out the song "Isn't it ironic?". Its full of ironies.
2007-09-08 10:44:47 · answer #8 · answered by uphill climb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its like.
When a doctor gets sick.
Doctors heal the sick. yet they are sick.
Thats irony :]
2007-09-08 11:53:33 · answer #9 · answered by SaraShootEmUp 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is an exaggeration and there is some not true in it.
2007-09-08 10:52:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋