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Another ironic license plate

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pclstyle

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yeah, so I was on the highway cruising along doing my thing when a Honda Element passed me with the license plate "ISOTOPE".

I laughed so hard i almost slammed into the crown vic on my right

EDIT: i actually used the word "ironic" so people would identify it with the original topic and not think it was an unintentional repost. but np, spend your lives being petty. it'll take you a long way
 
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
how is that ironic?
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Dictionary.com, scroll to the bottom dictionary: "ironic Adj 1: ... dry humor". This humor is as dry as can be. Thus it meets the Princeton University's definition of ironic.

So many people here are so proud to say that everyone abuses the word 'ironic'. I'm here on a crusade to say it does have uses.
 
Originally posted by: dullard
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
how is that ironic?
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Dictionary.com, scroll to the bottom dictionary: "ironic Adj 1: ... dry humor". This humor is as dry as can be. Thus it meets the Princeton University's definition of ironic.

So many people here are so proud to say that everyone abuses the word 'ironic'. I'm here on a crusade to say it does have uses.
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That's a descriptive definition and not a prescriptive one. I regard it in the same way as I regard the use of "cactuses" as a plural for "cactus". Dictionaries now list "cactuses" as an acceptable alternative to the correct "cacti" because the vast majority of people got it wrong often enough. To my mind, that's not an acceptable criterion for including a definition in a dictionary. Look up irony in a proper, prescriptive, dictionary and you'll find that it doesn't include dry humour.

ZV
 
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: dullard
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
how is that ironic?
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Dictionary.com, scroll to the bottom dictionary: "ironic Adj 1: ... dry humor". This humor is as dry as can be. Thus it meets the Princeton University's definition of ironic.

So many people here are so proud to say that everyone abuses the word 'ironic'. I'm here on a crusade to say it does have uses.
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That's a descriptive definition and not a prescriptive one. I regard it in the same way as I regard the use of "cactuses" as a plural for "cactus". Dictionaries now list "cactuses" as an acceptable alternative to the correct "cacti" because the vast majority of people got it wrong often enough. To my mind, that's not an acceptable criterion for including a definition in a dictionary. Look up irony in a proper, prescriptive, dictionary and you'll find that it doesn't include dry humour.

ZV
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for someone who quotes voltaire in their sig, you're quite the little nazi, aren't you?


 
Originally posted by: dullard
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
how is that ironic?
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Dictionary.com, scroll to the bottom dictionary: "ironic Adj 1: ... dry humor". This humor is as dry as can be. Thus it meets the Princeton University's definition of ironic.

So many people here are so proud to say that everyone abuses the word 'ironic'. I'm here on a crusade to say it does have uses.
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dictionary.com also sez:
Usage Note: The words ironic, irony, and ironically are sometimes used of events and circumstances that might better be described as simply ?coincidental? or ?improbable,? in that they suggest no particular lessons about human vanity or folly. Thus 78 percent of the Usage Panel rejects the use of ironically in the sentence In 1969 Susie moved from Ithaca to California where she met her husband-to-be, who, ironically, also came from upstate New York.
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so kiss my white naked ass
 
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Look up irony in a proper, prescriptive, dictionary and you'll find that it doesn't include dry humour.
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I too can play that game:

"Irony 1a. The use of words to express something different from ... their literal meaning".

The word 'isotope' is used to express something different (element) from the literal meaning of the word 'isotope'.

Still fits the bill.
 
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
how is that ironic?
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Well, there's some irony in his inability to understand what irony actually is...

ZV
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Its like that sh|tty alantis marmaset song. See, I spelt her name wrong so its ironic.
 
Originally posted by: dullard
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Look up irony in a proper, prescriptive, dictionary and you'll find that it doesn't include dry humour.
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I too can play that game:

"Irony 1a. The use of words to express something different from ... their literal meaning".

The word 'isotope' is used to express something different (element) from the literal meaning of the word 'isotope'.

Still fits the bill.
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you can't just CUT OUT THE WORDS you don't agree with!

proper quote:

"The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning."

 
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
so kiss my white naked ass
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That is another definition that doesn't apply. This has nothing to do with coincidence, which is a commonly misused form of irony. However, irony has 4 forms (with several variations of each).

 
Originally posted by: dullard
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
so kiss my white naked ass
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That is another definition that doesn't apply. This has nothing to do with coincidence, which is a commonly misused form of irony. However, irony has 4 forms (with several variations of each).
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lol i'm glad my definition you quoted doesn't apply 😉
 
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
"The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning."
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'Often' does not mean it has to occur. As a omnivore, I often eat beef, but that doesn't mean I have to eat beef.
 
Originally posted by: dullard
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
"The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning."
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'Often' does not mean it has to occur. As a omnivore, I often eat beef, but that doesn't mean I have to eat beef.
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an 'element' is related to an 'isotope'. it's coincidental that the plate is on that vehicle, but i don't see a difference.
 
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
an 'element' is related to an 'isotope'. it's coincidental that the plate is on that vehicle, but i don't see a difference.
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I don't see it as being a coincidence at all. It was intended. It was an intended use of the word 'isotope' to imply a different meaning.

 
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