So I was thinking today... What's the dictionary term for irony? Reality Bites and Websters define irony as when the expressed meaning is the opposite of the literal meaning.

Of course, you've probably heard people bitch (or you've bitched yourself) that the Alanis Morissette song "Isn't it Ironic?" gets it completely wrong, because none of the incidents detailed in the song (dying and wining the lotto the next day, meeting the man of your dreams and then seeing his beautiful wife, etc.) are actually examples of irony, but are instead examples of misfortune, bad timing, or just dumb luck.

So I was thinking, since the song is titled "Isn't it Ironic" and implies irony, yet actually delivers the opposite, i.e. literal anecdotes, doesn't that make the title "Isn't it Ironic?" in and of itself a perfect example of irony?

I guess that either makes Alanis a victim of irony or, in the off chance that it's what she intended from the start, it makes her God.