Page 2 of 2 FirstFirst 12
Results 21 to 29 of 29

Thread: What's the definition of irony?

  1. #21
    Papa Smurf
    Join Date
    Jan 2002
    Location
    Planet Scathe
    Posts
    12,528
    Blog Entries
    6
    Rep Power
    18

    Re: What's the definition of irony?

    Quote Originally Posted by Beowulf View Post
    Very clever and very subtle..

    Pimms = "Posh" drink
    Smith = "Common" name

    need we elucidate further?
    i think we need a thread called "The Very Best of Stewart38". That one was a classic

  2. #22
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Oct 2003
    Location
    Southampton
    Posts
    6,709
    Rep Power
    13

    Re: What's the definition of irony?

    Quote Originally Posted by Beowulf View Post
    Very clever and very subtle..

    Pimms = "Posh" drink
    Smith = "Common" name

    need we elucidate further?
    Oh, no no!

    You've missed an added level of subtlety. Pimms is only thought to be a posh drink. Nowadays, the wealthy drink lager (Harry, Wills, the Geldof things).

  3. #23
    Registered User stewart38's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    Ambrosden it gets
    Posts
    7,480
    Rep Power
    13

    Re: What's the definition of irony?

    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Shnikov View Post
    Oh, no no!

    You've missed an added level of subtlety. Pimms is only thought to be a posh drink. Nowadays, the wealthy drink lager (Harry, Wills, the Geldof things).
    An analogy you understand

    Ironic that

  4. #24
    Papa Smurf
    Join Date
    Jan 2002
    Location
    Planet Scathe
    Posts
    12,528
    Blog Entries
    6
    Rep Power
    18

    Re: What's the definition of irony?

    Quote Originally Posted by stewart38 View Post
    An analogy you understand

    Ironic that
    what analogy ? what irony?

  5. #25
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Sep 2006
    Location
    South
    Posts
    5,424
    Blog Entries
    22
    Rep Power
    11

    Re: What's the definition of irony?

    irony

    adj.
    of or like iron.

    "irony adj." The Concise Oxford English Dictionary, Eleventh edition revised . Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson. Oxford University Press, 2006. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.



    Does that help?

  6. #26
    Registered User stewart38's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    Ambrosden it gets
    Posts
    7,480
    Rep Power
    13

    Re: What's the definition of irony?

    Quote Originally Posted by Gav View Post
    irony

    adj.
    of or like iron.

    "irony adj." The Concise Oxford English Dictionary, Eleventh edition revised . Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson. Oxford University Press, 2006. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.



    Does that help?

    You would be hard pressed to beat such a definition

  7. #27
    Papa Smurf
    Join Date
    Jan 2002
    Location
    Planet Scathe
    Posts
    12,528
    Blog Entries
    6
    Rep Power
    18

    Re: What's the definition of irony?

    Quote Originally Posted by stewart38 View Post
    You would be hard pressed to beat such a definition
    i think you're on a roll

  8. #28
    Registered User SteveK's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Cairns, Australia
    Posts
    365
    Rep Power
    9

    Re: What's the definition of irony?

    Does this count as irony: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...cle1193894.ece

    Father and son with matching iron hooks; very fetching.

  9. #29
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Location
    Oxford
    Posts
    677
    Rep Power
    9

    Re: What's the definition of irony?

    I saw a fine example of irony. Taking the escalator down to the tube, all the video advertising screens at the top were showing the "Windows - it is now safe to shutdown your system message." Not really advertising - it looked like a bug.

    Only one screen was working. About two thirds of the way down, it was showing an ad: "You never know when IT gremlins might strike".

    If this was intentional, it was brilliant. If not, it was very, very funny.

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. getting definition in your Gluteus Maximus
    By Beowulf in forum Chit Chat
    Replies: 10
    Last Post: 2nd-May-2008, 10:04 PM
  2. Irony
    By ducasi in forum Chit Chat
    Replies: 10
    Last Post: 2nd-October-2007, 04:48 PM
  3. Definition of stupidity
    By DavidB in forum Chit Chat
    Replies: 9
    Last Post: 8th-July-2004, 01:04 PM
  4. Definition of "Advanced" couple
    By Gadget in forum Intermediate Corner
    Replies: 24
    Last Post: 12th-April-2004, 12:11 AM
  5. A new definition of sadness
    By TheTramp in forum Chit Chat
    Replies: 25
    Last Post: 20th-December-2003, 02:40 PM

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •