May 15, 2005 Word Of The Day Trent Reznor is no longer involved with ID software's Doom3 project. The length of time needed to complete the gaming project has taken longer than expected. Reznor is now working full-time on the next NIN record and word is that recording is going very well. Stay tuned! i�ro�ny Pronunciation: 'I-r&-nE also 'I(-&)r-nE Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural -nies Etymology: Latin ironia, from Greek eirOnia, from eirOn dissembler Date: 1502 1a. The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning. 1b. An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning. 1c. A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect. 2a. Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs: "Hyde noted the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated" (Richard Kain). 2b. An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongruity. 3. Dramatic irony. 4. Socratic irony. Source: The American Heritage? Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright � 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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