Furony - what irony could/should have been !
Furony - definition?
What Irony could/should have been.
Since 2003 when I started this, the dictionary definition of Irony appears to have been diluted to follow real-world modern usage. But Irony and Furony are different animals and each deserve their place.
Furony is a word I've had to define to
describe the eternal life problem of having cake but not being able to eat it!
In computer terms it's like Sod's law, but you don't need a computer to
experience it.
It's your numbers winning the lottery, the week you don't buy the ticket. That's furony.
The event, or story, itself is furonic. Oh my the furony of that!
(No it isn't irony if you go strictly by the definitions.)
Saying "Oh good I would have won if I'd bought a ticket", might be said ironically.
But a real irony would have been if you were the head of Camelot
(not that staff are allowed to play of course).
If someone congratulates you on not buying that ticket, they're being Ironic
(speaking ironically).
In Alanis Morrissette's song, she admitted in a TV interview that she got the definition of "raining on
your wedding day" as being ironic, as wrong. If the couple
were both weathermen, then that would be ironic. So actually it's furony if it
rains. You didn't want it to happen. It wasn't so likely (supposed) it would
happen, but it did. That is furony.
Saying I'm glad it rained, could be said ironically.
The fact that their isn't even a word for "it" in the English language yet, is FURONY in itself ! There should be such a word, but there isn't. There is no humour, anger or sarcasm in the event. Therefore no irony. So it is a furonic.
I am trying to get the word Furony entered in to the English Oxford dictionary. If you have published examples of the word being used, please LMK.
• adjective 1. using or characterised by Furony. 2. a factual comment on something unlikely and unwanted to happen, happening.
(Nothing to do with sarcasm, humour or anger.)
(Word family - Furony. Furonic. Furonically. Furonicism.)
ETYMOLOGICAL THEORY of Furony:
A combination of an acronym (from False Use of iRONY) and a compound word (that's not FUdging iRONY).
Irony - Definition?
Irony is more like sarcasm. Describing something in a tongue in cheek way. i.e. "Oh terrific it's raining" said the WEATHERMAN ironically whilst hanging out his washing.
Soren Kierkegaard - "Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long as it stays I am ironic -- if it is pulled out I shall die." (Furony would be it falling out on its own, or going in hospital for an in-growing toenail and them removing the barb too.)
Websters Dictionary Rosetta Edition
Ironic
Adjective
1. Humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys
an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a
wry Scottish wit".
2. Characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is
expected and what actually is; "madness, an ironic fate for such a clear
thinker"; "it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely".
Date "ironic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before
1550.
"I think it's ironic that dad saved the day while a slimmer man would've
fallen to his death." The Simpsons
Cambridge Dictionary UK
irony (WRONG RESULT)
noun [U]
a situation in which something which was intended
to have a particular result has the opposite or a very different result:
The irony (of it) is that the new tax system
will burden those it was intended to help.
ironic
adjective (ALSO ironical)
[+ that] It is ironic that although many items are now cheaper to make, fewer
people can afford to buy them.
ironically
adverb
irony (FIGURATIVE SPEECH) {aie-re-ni}
noun [U]
a means of expression which suggests a different,
usually humorous or angry, meaning for the words used:
Her voice heavy with irony, Simone said,
"We're so pleased you were able to stay so long." (= Her voice made it obvious they were not pleased).
Compare sarcasm.
ironic
adjective (ALSO ironical)
an ironic comment/reply
ironically
adverb
Oxford English Dictionary UK
ironic
/ironnik/
• adjective 1 using or characterized by irony. 2 happening in the opposite way to what is expected.
— DERIVATIVES ironical adjective ironically adverb.
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