When a person or character did something wrong, and pays for it in the end, but it's not because of what the did at all.
The opposite of poetic justice or karma.
The opposite of poetic justice or karma.
When she lost the poker tournament she didn't invite us to, it was poetic chaos - we don't believe in luck.
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Charlie Kirk received poetic justice when he was shot by a gunman after years of advocating against any gun regulations and saying that people dying from gun violence was worth it to continue to keep guns unregulated and widespread.
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Get the Poetic Rockstar mug.To "wax poetic" means to become increasingly verbose and romantic in speech. To become more and more like a poem.
"Wax" = increase, "wane" = decrease.
It has nothing to do with vinyl records and bullshit hip-hop, "yo."
"Wax" = increase, "wane" = decrease.
It has nothing to do with vinyl records and bullshit hip-hop, "yo."
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Get the wax-poetic mug.To speak or write about something in a highly eloquent or verbose manner. Comes from "wax" meaning "grow" or "become" as in the waxing and waning of the moon, thus "to wax poetic" is equivalent to "to grow poetic." Thus "to wax poetically" doesn't really make sense, as it would mean "to grow poetically," which isn't the same as "to grow poetic."
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