Diary Entry – 52

Misusing English words is not a problem common to only GRE aspirants.
This world is full of people who use the word irony to appear intelligent. It
is not really a bad thing, if they didn’t massacre it. I remember the time when
this Chinese girl from my class happened to meet me three times in three
different places on the same day. The third time she met me she said, “Isn’t
this ironic. We are meeting for the third time on the same day.” It almost felt
like she was accusing me of stalking her. Some of you reading this will have no
clue why using the word “irony” is wrong in this context. Let me explain. Let’s
say you had a sweet tasting vanilla ice cream which had a cherry and a few
peanut flakes on top of it. You eat it with great joy until you start falling
terribly sick, which is when you realize that you are allergic to peanuts. In
order to get better, you go to get medicines for your allergy. But on the way
you get hit by a giant truck and you die on the spot. This is not irony. Even
if this truck was carrying peanuts (the thing that you are allergic to), it is
not irony. It would just be a coincidence. If however the truck was carrying
medicines for your peanut allergy, then that my friend is some bitter irony.
Most people however would call it irony even if you got hit by a garbage truck.
Now that you know how the word irony is used, you can haunt all those people
who find your death ironic.
The other word which happens to be severely misused is the
word “feminist”. A feminist is an activist who strives to establish equal
opportunities for women socially. They usually strive for protecting women
against discrimination in education and in employment. It still happens in our
country and there are some women out there who think feminism is bad. If you
are a woman who think feminism is bad, you might as well move to a country like
Saudi Arabia right now. Most people just assume that a feminist is a lady who
likes to dominate men and who think women should rule over the world. People who
think that, often get confused when they see a male feminist. Women who enjoy
dominating men are called Dominatrix and if I try to explain what a Dominatrix
does, my blog will start getting kinky. The point I am trying to make is that
don’t try to offend someone by calling them a feminist. Feminism is a good
thing, unless you are threatened by woman empowerment. I know Mayawathi and
Jayalalitha might concern a lot of men and women, but I assure you that
feminism is not about empowering these kinds of women.
I'm pretty sure I saw "irony" misused in some hollywood movie too..
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for clearing the feminist thing! I always turn defiant when ppl bring it up like some dreaded "f" word :\
Irony must be one of the most misused words in the planet. :D
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Nice interpretation of "feminist"
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DeleteTotally...I like how you put it!
ReplyDeleteFeminism is one thing that's so badly misinterpreted that it's sometimes better not to use it.
And I was pretty clear on the concept of irony but now I think I might be a teensy bit confused!
Oh well.:)
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DeleteIn all honesty, there are many types of feminists. For one, just to problematize, there are the bra burning feminists or radical feminists- those who want to be just like men, unshaved and unhindered. Then there are those that are egalitarian- seeking meritocracy, equal opportunities: wanting what the men have, in e in equal portions. Then there are those that are post modern: seeking not to equalize with men but looking for what is best for a woman, on her own. I interpret it like this: wanting choice. I don't want to go to work, if I don't want to- I don't want to be told to be a home maker because I'm a girl, neither do I want to be told to go to work, because I'm an educated woman and that's where we belong. As such, I'd say if someone didn't believe in being a feminist or interpreted that as a negative thing, it's ok. Obviously, they're not being very intelligent and are throwing words around, or they could be getting confused. And if they know and they still don't like it, let's let them be. That's their choice :D
ReplyDeleteWow. Kichu are you reading this? :D Are you sure that the bra burning feminists were not celebrating bakrid?
DeleteTo be fair to the Chinese girl she could have been thinking about not meeting you till next class. Wait, would meeting you then be irony? Well, if it was easy to be ironic, that would be irony. No, wait!!!
ReplyDeleteoh boy lol
Deletewhat i understand from the word irony is .. when words int he sentence convey exactly the opposite meaning to what is expressed in the sentence. take for example:
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i thought that is sarcasm, but that sounds ironic !!
DeleteYeah yatin is right. That is more in the lines of sarcasm. :)
DeleteLol I go a great deal to sound intelligent myself. So I am some what of an expert in the matter :P
ReplyDeleteMy pet peeve is the use of the word 'improvise'. Like 'Your advice has helped me improvise my writing' and all that. Apparently they think 'improvise' is a more erudite word for 'improve'.
ReplyDeleteHaha if you are a professor, you will create a great deal of agony :D
DeleteWriting or speaking English is like walking on a rope, a small slip will bring disaster.
ReplyDeleteLol not so much of a disaster in our country :D
DeleteGood of you to come out against the massacre of English.Misspelling can still be tolerated but grammatical mistakes-they rile.
ReplyDeleteLol I am no champion of english though :D
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ReplyDeleteMe Gusta.
However, we could use the term 'overly feminist' I guess.
Lol you googled it didnt you :D
DeleteExtreme of anything is bad. It is general tendency among people to put to maximum use any newly learned word, especially Angreji words, whether the word fits the context or not. It may seem weird but in my case I have witnessed and heard many stories regarding does-not-matter-if-fits-context-or-not use of the word 'paradox' especially when newly acquired in vocabulary.
ReplyDeleteHaha in india, the context where you use the english words matters very little :D In chennai, you will see english words in our tamil vocabulary with altered meaning. That is one of gifts to the language because of english colonization.
DeleteYES. I hate when people use "feminist" as an insult these days.. like, what?!
ReplyDeleteAlso, you're hilarious and I might end up stalking you too.. buahaha =P
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DeleteVery well explained. I guess now I am clear on feminist.
ReplyDeleteLol glad to have that cleared :D
DeleteWhen people try to extend their vocabulary it is also necessary to learn the proper usage of those words :/
ReplyDeleteOne such incident I know is, there is this guy who acts like a know-it-all English guru, he was asked to do the welcome speech and he called the chief guest a philanderer instead of philanthropist :O poor guy :/ I wasn't able to hold my laughter :))
Oh my god that is epic. He must have got expelled from school :D I cant stop laughing lol :D :D :D Imagining myself as the chief guest lol :D
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