a few nerds enthusiastically claimed that the lyrics in Alanis Morissette's song "Ironic" contained no examples of irony, and, having been routinely lambasted for it, she admitted that the irony of "Ironic" was that it contained no irony at all. The real irony, however, is that it contain...
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...
When trying to define anything, it's usually pretty prudent to start with a dictionary definition and then discuss what it means and how ironic situations generally follow the so-called official rules. So: irony 1. The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to ...
For example, "He is very clever" said with an ironic tone means just the opposite.You are going to hear eight short conversations between two speakers. Listen carefully and write down "Yes" or "No" to each of the following questions.1. Does the woman enjoy the food in that restaurant?
It’s rather ironic- gold was a “barbarous relic” and yet apparently had to be confiscated and pushed out of use by the threat of imprisonment, and hoarded only by the government during a period of intentional currency devaluation. If it were truly such a relic, it would have fallen out...
这就是ironic(反讽)。反讽可以是滑稽的,但并不是所有滑稽的事都可以称得上“反讽”。 02 Travesty What you think it means: A tragedy or something unfortunate. 你认为单词的含义是:悲剧或不幸的事。 What it really means: A mockery or parody. 单词的真正含义是:拙劣的模仿或恶搞。 这也是人们经常用错...
“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 matter how slowly you go as long as you don’t stop.” —Confucius “Because th...
“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...
: not ironic especially : not using or given to irony : sincere … on the topic of medals and awards he is totally unironic—he takes them seriously …—
"semantics" to allude to "semiotics," a philosophical theory covering the relationship between signs and the things they reference — most notably, words and their intended meanings. Sometime after that, people began arguing over what "semantics" itself actually means (ironic, don't you think?)...