Irony Defined

I had a reader send me an email (thanks Liz) to tell me she thought I was "insightful".

Irony, it turns out, is when one who is told they are insightful has to google the definition of the word to see exactly how that applies:

in·sight   [in-sahyt]

–noun

1. an instance of apprehending the true nature of a thing, especially through intuitive understanding: an insight into 18th-century life.

2. penetrating mental vision or discernment; faculty of seeing into inner character or underlying truth.

3. Psychology .

    a. an understanding of relationships that sheds light on or helps solve a problem.

    b. (in psychotherapy) the recognition of sources of emotional difficulty.

    c. an understanding of the motivational forces behind one's actions, thoughts, or 

        behavior; self-knowledge.