Tuesday, November 18, 2008

online class irony?

i'm took an online class this past summer. it was an online course on teaching online courses. would that be considered irony? i suppose not.

irony
    1. The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
    2. An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning.
    3. A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect.
    1. Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs.
    2. An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongruity.
(I guess it's more "cosmic irony" -- something that appears "as if in mockery of the fitness or rightness of things")

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