# Don't you think it's funny (in an ironic sort of way)...

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 30, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-think-its-funny-in-an-ironic-sort-of-way/785576 "2017-04-30T16:40:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-think-its-funny-in-an-ironic-sort-of-way/785576/1 "2017-04-30T16:40:23Z")

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That goat can describe the[best](https://www.google.com/amp/www.urbandictionary.com/define.php%3Fterm%3Dgoat%26amp%3Dtrue) person or the [worst](http://insidesurvivor.com/survivor-history-origin-of-the-goat-685)?  
[sup]What’s weird/funny/ironic to you?[/sup]

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-think-its-funny-in-an-ironic-sort-of-way/785576/2 "2017-05-01T03:50:24Z")

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I think it’s funny that _“Ultimate”_ always meant _last_ (hence “penultimate” to denote “second-last”), but that somehow it morphed into “Awesome”.

I do laugh every time I see a BMW ad: \*“BMW. The Ultimate Driving Machine.” \*  
I always do a voice-over: “Yes, with our shoddy safety inspections, it’ll be the last car you ever drive”.

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**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-think-its-funny-in-an-ironic-sort-of-way/785576/3 "2017-05-01T04:03:47Z")

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The word “enormity” used to mean just “great evil or wickedness”, but Merriam-Webster says that it has a second meaning of “great size”.

I’d say it’s ironic that North Korea’s leader is well known for the enormity of his threats.

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**Author:** ![smsaks2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@smsaks2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smsaks2000)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-think-its-funny-in-an-ironic-sort-of-way/785576/4 "2017-05-01T16:27:28Z")

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I find it funny that when two planes come near to each other/just miss colliding, it’s called a “Near Miss”.

No…it’s a complete miss.

My thinking in where this term came from is that the incident between the two planes was described somewhere, officially as “near, miss” and the comma was dropped in subsequent uses of the phrase.

Steve \m/