Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> > The longest English word found 
> > in the entire result set was the word "rare".

> Ooohhhh the irony! ;-)

  I have sometimes noticed that people use the word "irony" in situations
where it doesn't match the definition of the word. I think this is one
such case.

  The definition of "irony" is always related to opposites: Something is
implied, but the exact opposite is meant, for example. Two definitions
given by a dictionary, which would mostly apply to this situation, are:

  "An outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected."

  "An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between
apparent and intended meaning."

  I'm not sure that a randomly generated word by chance being a real word
and describing the very nature of the event itself could be called "irony"
because there are no opposites.

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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