I’ve always avoided using the word ‘ironic’ because I’m worried about using it incorrectly. I was listening to ‘Ironic’ by Alanis Morrisette and remembered she had been called out for not understanding what ironic meant. I find most explanations to be confusing and so I figured I’d ask here.
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From my basic understanding its when something is expected to happen and the opposite happens, which in turn just makes you laugh.
The ironic song took that opposite thing and made it a literal interpretation of opposites.
The other day my son came home from school and told me at lunch he asked to join in a game of soccer, the boy who’s ball they were using said yes. … but another boy who doesn’t like him said no, therefore he had to respect that boys dislike for him … no matter what the rest of the kids thought. .. straight after lunch they had health as a subject and the lesson being taught was inclusivity. My son was laughing while telling me this because he was just actively left out at lunch, discluded from the game. The irony was not lost on him.
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