What is the Opposite of Irony?

[HeyHomie]

If I sign up at the gym and hire a personal trainer, and his name is Flabby McPotbelly, that would be ironic. But if my trainer's name is Bufftastic McRipped, that would be... ?

thesaurus.com was of little to no help.

Kismet, perhaps?

[Sigmagirl]

Aptness?

[chappachula]

how 'bout just saying "appropriate" ?

Irony means using words that are the opposite of what you intend.
(in your example-Flabby McPotbelly is the opposite of what you expect a trainer to look like.
Bufftastic is the same as what you expect.)

And if something is the same as you intended, then it's appropriate.
Or, if you wanna sound a bit pretentious, say it in French: "a propos"

[Kobal2]

Answers.com gives "expected" as the antonym of "ironic", but it doesn't quite fit does it ?

ETA: ooh, I like appropriate, yes.

[RealityChuck]

If I sign up at the gym and hire a personal trainer, and his name is Flabby McPotbelly, that would be ironic. But if my trainer's name is Bufftastic McRipped, that would be... ?Hyperbole.

[Lantern]

I don't think there is any single opposite for irony. For example if you refer to a piece of writing as being ironic the opposite is probably something like earnest.

[Colophon]

If I sign up at the gym and hire a personal trainer, and his name is Flabby McPotbelly, that would be ironic. But if my trainer's name is Bufftastic McRipped, that would be... ?
Nominative determinism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism), in this specific sort of case.

[Elendil's Heir]

Fitting.

[johnpost]

permanent press.

[kayaker]

Unironic?

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
unironic
▶adjective not ironic.
– derivatives
unironically adverb.

[yanceylebeef]

Wrinkly.

[Rhythmdvl]

Woody-F

[BwanaBob]

Wrinkly.

I was going to say rusty.:D

[GreenElf]

appropriate, apropos, befitting, apt, redundant

[Tom Tildrum]

Earnest.

[Lukeinva]

Ebony.

[Sailboat]

Apropos (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/apropos)?

Dangit, scooped.

"I am the opposite of irony!" the brassy woman declared, fixing me with her steely gaze.

[Nom_de_Plume]

Ebony.

I believe that's the opposite of Ivory. They do, however, live together in perfect harmony.

[JSexton]

I believe that's the opposite of Ivory.
Ridiculous, the opposite of Ivory is Irish Spring.

[Lasciel]

Ridiculous, the opposite of Ivory is Irish Spring.

Au contraire, I'm pretty certain that the opposite of Ivory is LAVA.

I would, in regards to the OP, most likely use apt.

[Skammer]

Sincere.

[The Dord]

Obvious?

[Thudlow Boink]

If I sign up at the gym and hire a personal trainer, and his name is Flabby McPotbelly, that would be ironic. But if my trainer's name is Bufftastic McRipped, that would be... ?"Serendipity" is one word that comes to mind, but I don't think it entirely fits.

At any rate, this sort of thing certainly happens, where a person has a name that's oddly appropriate, or oddly inappropriate, to their occupation.
Strangely appropriate names (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=36384)
Fun with doctors' names (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=515830)
Athletes with the most appropriate names (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=480403)
You couldn't make this stuff up! (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=612284)

[Isaacedwardleibowitz]

Sincerity. Earnestness.

[typoink]

In this case, I'd vote for apropos. It does a better job at drawing attention to the name-job connection than anything else I can think of.

[J Cubed]

<air-quote>Ironic</air-quote>

[Askance]

If I sign up at the gym and hire a personal trainer, and his name is Flabby McPotbelly, that would be ironic. But if my trainer's name is Bufftastic McRipped, that would be... ?
Apposite.

[Hal Briston]

Morissettey.

[TerpBE]

Sunny weather on your wedding day?

[Shodan]

Oh look, here's a knife. How opportune.

Regards,
Shodan

[MacCat]

Yclept (http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-ycl1.htm)

[Smeghead]

Goldy?

[Laggard]

Sincerity. Earnestness.

Yes

[MikeS]

I've heard the too-cute word aptronym (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym) used in this situation.

[Manduck]

Ynori

[picunurse]

[Black Adder] Goldy and silvery[/BA]

:D D&R

[guizot]

Sincerity...This applies if we assume that an ironic remark is necessarily insincere, but that's not really the point of irony, is it? Deliberate irony is a technique to draw attention to something, rather than an attempt to deceive or be evasive

In this light, straightforward, or direct, would be closer, I would say, because a deliberately ironic statement is simply one that you aren't supposed to take at face value, rather than one you are not supposed to believe.

[Themenin]

Ironically the opposite of irony is still irony - irony is all encompassing. For example, see Major Major.