> > > but is that really ironic? i think the american public has lost the meaning of ironic. irony is an unexpected twist, it's not just something that's weird and coincidental. It's like that Alanis Morisette song (however you spell her name) "Ironic" where nothing in the song is ironic... it's all just bad luck.
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> > > Uni"it's like raaaaa-eee-aiiiin on your wedding day"peg
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> > Winning the lottery and then dying the next day is an unexpected twist.
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> > Finally conquering your fear of flying and getting on a plane for the first time only to have the plane crash is an unexpected twist.
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> > Meeting the man of your dreams and then finding out he's already married is an unexpected twist.
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> > How are those not ironic?
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> I have to go with Unipeg on this one. Irony is more an incongruity than an unfortunate situation. Winning the lottery on the day you finally get a huge raise so you don't need the money would be ironic. Meeting your soulmate the day your married boyfriend of several years tells you he filed for divorce to be with you would be ironic. Only the plane thing fits, in my mind.
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> Mousie

Mousie, your lottery thing isn't ironic. It's fortunate, because than you have a WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY anyway. What would be ironic is if you won the lottery the day after it went bankrupt.