Something that is identical to something else An inanimate object worshipped for its supposed magical powers The quality of being uniform … more ▼ Noun ▲ A dummy or other representation of a person, group, or object “It is ironic that his tombeffigyshould show him brandishing an unsheathed...
The Earth is like our mother.She gives live to all the living things on the Earth.And she provice us with air、food、water and other things we need for living.Once she was beautiful ahd rich.But mow she is crying, becacuse she is becoming dirtier and dirtier, poorer and poorer. It'...
So it's somewhat ironic that, between the two of us, Brian is the guy who built a robot. You may have heard of WiMo, Brian's Windows Mobile®-based robot, an illustration of which is shown in Figure 1. WiMo has gained some notoriety for being a fully programmable robot that you ...
Remember that even if an ironic turn is unexpected, it needs to make sense within the world of your story. This means within the time and place you’ve created—for instance, you wouldn’t create an ironic twist in a medieval fantasy by suddenly having a character whip out a cellphone—b...
Isn't it ironic? You don't realize that it is warning us that we are destroying our environment and that we are unknowingly harming ourselves. When you walk down the street, what do you do if you want to spit? If you choose to spit on the ground, do you think you're hurting yours...
“It is an ironic habit of human beings to run fasterwhenthey have lost their way.”—Rollo May “Don’t pray when it rainsifyou don’t pray when the sun shines.”—Satchel Paige “It doesn’t matter how slowly you goas long...
Another example is the “grandfather paradox” in time travel – if you go back and kill your grandfather, you’ll never have existed … but then no-one would have killed your grandfather, so youmust haveexisted … and so on. Ironic situations aren’t paradoxes. They’re perfectly possible...
“If the path is beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.”—Anatole France “It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when they have lost their way.” —Rollo May “Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.”—Satchel Paige “It doesn’t ma...
I remind myself privately: you must remember, Juan, never again make this kind of silly, ironic illness! I continue to pick up trash. After more than 20 minutes, the garbage picks up the light, we come to the place of the collection, I see, each each hand is full of a plastic bag...
world”).Lulzcomes from the internet acronymLOL,meaning “laugh out loud.” When used as an interjection in speech or in writing,lulzexpresses humor or delight, often with an ironic or sarcastic edge.Lulzis sometimes used as a noun meaning roughly “fun,” as in “I did it for thelulz....