Irony: Girl practices limping for 3 weeks so that she will have the feel of it in her body then developes foot pain in the same foot she has been practicing on.
Ironic Presciptivists would flog you for a gross misuse of "irony," as your example contains no surface meaning that is incongruous with any underlying meaning. It is merely coincidence, though a correlation between the practiced injury and the real injury does exist.
You may disagree, but you risk a thumping about the head and neck.
Scott Rogers Detective Inspector, Ministry of Ironic Protection and Presctipivism
Now, if it were the *other* foot that was now hurt, that would be a result incongruous with the expected result, and it would indeed be ironic. So close.
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Ironic Presciptivists would flog you for a gross misuse of "irony," as your example contains no surface meaning that is incongruous with any underlying meaning. It is merely coincidence, though a correlation between the practiced injury and the real injury does exist.
You may disagree, but you risk a thumping about the head and neck.
Scott Rogers
Detective Inspector,
Ministry of Ironic Protection and Presctipivism
Now, if it were the *other* foot that was now hurt, that would be a result incongruous with the expected result, and it would indeed be ironic. So close.
Well said, sir! Hear Hear!
Boys, TTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHBBBBBBBBBTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (that's me blowing a rasberry at both of you for being nit-picky goof-balls)
~Jack
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