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Alanis Ironic

a) Something that is NOT ironic, but rather, just really bad luck, or just a really shitty/unfortunate situation or occurrence in general.

b) A semiotic phenomenon stemming from Canadian singer Alanis Morissette's 1996 hit pop song "Ironic" that caused an entire generation (and all generations after) to misuse and not understand the true meaning of the word ironic, resulting in a now culturally acceptable misappropriation of the word ironic.

c) A bastardized definition of the word ironic that is blatantly wrong, yet is widely used and is somehow still accepted in contemporary culture.
'90's kid: "Aw man! its raining and i wanted to go to the beach today!"
'80's kid: "Um, that's not ironic, that's Alanis Ironic."
'90's kid: "What?"
'80's kid: "Dude, that's just bad luck, it's NOT ironic."
'90's kid: "But Alanis said..."
'80's kid: "Yeah, I know what she said- I've heard the song too. I hate to break it to you, but none of the situations in the song "Ironic" are actually ironic at all. For example, it's not "ironic" to have rain on your wedding day, that's just really fucking shitty luck. It would be ironic if you were an esteemed meteorologist, famous for your accuracy, and you had been planning your wedding for years based on your weather predictions for the most perfect, clear, sunny day, and then, totally contrary to your predictions, a huge storm occurs on the day of your wedding. That would be truly ironic."
'90's kid: "I have no fucking clue what you just said."
by Captain American't July 11, 2011
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Alania

Alania is the type of person who can make you whole day 1000x better , she's very kindhearted, intelligent, gorgeous,funny,brave ,strong,not to mention extremely adorable, she's the type of person that you want to know and keep in your life for a very long time to care for and love ,she's that one person that you can always rely on when you need her the most ,her smile can brighten up any room ,Alania is completely wonderful inside and out
OMG! Alania is so incredibly beautiful! So cute!
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alaning

To look at other's work aimlessly with a blank stare, with occasional input that could be rude but beneficial.
Jack was alaning over Jill's shoulder while she wrote her program.
by leovander March 18, 2011
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Alanis Morissette

a great singer from canada who sounds very good pissed off about her bf kicking her ass to the curb (see you oughtta know)
person 1: she just dumped me..
person 2: well your in a band, so just go all alanis morissette on her and write a kick ass song about how much she sucks.
by ocfangurl March 17, 2005
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Alanis Morissette

Singer/Actor born 1974 in Ottawa, Canada.
Alanis Morissette is a cool Canadian chick.
by fred savage July 31, 2004
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to go Alanis Morissette

To obsess about getting revenge on an ex-boyfriend.
He borrowed $1200 and moved in to my apartment and didn't pay any rent, and then broke up with me by text message, so I had to go Alanis Morissette on his ass.
by Prospero42 May 19, 2007
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