A few words about IRONY

Thanks to Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill album, the word ironic has been misused more than any other that I know of. This has been a running joke among me and my friends for the longest time! Apparently VH1 even got in on the fun during one of their I Love The 90's episodes. The word 'ironic' is commonly used mistakenly in place of words such as 'coincidence' or phrases such as 'unfortunate event'.

Here are a couple moments of situational irony (of the Alanis Morissette kind) that I observed over the past week:

Ridiculous
Contestants competing for winner of American Idol contest are actually incredibly more talented than the major American singing artists performing during the American Idol show. (I'm looking at you, Adam Levine)

Sad
Yolanda King speaks at an event for the American Heart Association then passes away hours later from an apparent heart condition.

Poetic
A boss tells an employee that his work on a particular task is not up to par. A few weeks later, the manager directly above said boss removes boss from said task because boss's managing of said task is not up to par.

I also have to mention something else that has been pointed out about Alanis's Ironic. Another long-standing joke about the song is that maybe the real irony lives in the fact that there is no actual irony to speak of in the particular events that she describes.