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“In other words the writer used the word “ironic” to mean “entirely congruous,” the exact opposite of ironic.”

I am going to punch the next person that erroneously points out a “misuse’ of the word ironic in a perfectly acceptable use case. I will fly in a plane to go punch them.

—Timoni

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July 24th, 2009

The correct answer to the classic trick question “Have you stopped beating your wife yet?”. Assuming that you have no wife or you have never beaten your wife, the answer “yes” is wrong because it implies that you used to beat your wife and then stopped, but “no” is worse because it suggests that you have one and are still beating her. According to various Discordians and Douglas Hofstadter the correct answer is usually “mu”, a Japanese word alleged to mean “Your question cannot be answered because it depends on incorrect assumptions

mu (via benw

Oh man. I wish I’d known about this word last week.

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“In other words the writer used the word “ironic” to mean “entirely congruous,” the exact opposite of ironic.”