Sentences with phrase «ironic name for»

It's a strange and ironic name for the exercise, but it's no more dangerous than any other warm - up exercise when done correctly.

That's Carlos Ruiz behind the plate, which is an ironic name for the rookie, considering that it's the same name as a long - time veteran catcher.

Les Nomades means the nomads in French — a somewhat ironic name for a restaurant that is a mainstay of the Chicago dining scene, having operated since 1978 out of a historic 1891 brownstone.

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@Sad for you, I mean, your name is pretty ironic because it's pretty much how I can't help feeling for you.

With Kathryn Robinson's lengthy article on the case, «Sins of the Poet,» first published in Seattle Weekly and reprinted in revised form in Lingua Franca, the story became widely known in academic circles — an embarrassment to the university, but an ironic boost for Cairns's name recognition.

«The letters are titled «Notice of Legal Information Warning», signed using the ironic name «Concerned Citizens for Good Government» and warn that «there is reason to believe that your (petition) signature has been obtained against the law,»» wrote Horacio Gutierrez, Rivera's campaign strategist.

Indeed, it's both ironic and telling that the bill itself is named for an NYPD detective whose death — the city's medical examiner later ruled — was caused by abuse of prescription drugs, not Ground Zero poisons.

Hello, My Name Is Doris stars Sally Field as a woman whose attraction to a much younger man leads her on a journey into young - adult circles, where she is celebrated for her «unique style» — at least until someone has the guts to tell her what ironic appreciation means.

It is ironic that I can remember what I ate for breakfast, but for the life of me I can't remember John Legend's name when his song «All of Me» comes on the radio.

Neither Chapman nor Maizlin will name other names because of confidentiality agreements, «which is ironic because they're buying it for the attention,» Maizlin says.

What may seem unfair here or even ironic is that in some cases, an individual with a lot of assets, such as an expensive home or retirement investments may actually qualify for more aid than someone with fewer assets to their name but with a higher income.

Plan for growth, your Great Dane will be huge as an adult, choosing dog names like Tiny or Peanut will be quite ironic when your dog is full grown, unless of course you planned it that way:)

Mal Pais, a name that in English means «Bad Country» seems ironic or perhaps symbolic to some people, because in reality no one knows for sure why this beautiful beach region was named as such.

I assume that she was named for the Joy - Con controllers, which is ironic because the game does not play well using the detachable controllers.

Hmm at this rate it seems Miku islike a main Sega mascot or something, ironic, considering how she looks a lot like that Dogma girl from Segagaga (minus her red head bands) who works for Sega's rivals Dogma, what's her name again?

«Pure Beauty» seems a funny name for a retrospective of an artist who cremated all his paintings in 1970 and voided the photographed faces of dozens of Hollywood starlets with signature colored spots, but of course an unsettlingly ironic humor runs through Baldessari's career.

And yet, after renting a tiny office for seven years in Noah Goldowsky's modest gallery on Madison Avenue, Bellamy finally launched a second gallery in 1980, with the ironic name Oil & Steel (he had originally proposed it for the Green), which opened in Tribeca and later moved to the less trendy Queens.

He first became known for paintings in which he used his name as a motif on the canvas, shattering the myth of the artist through an act of ironic self - marketing.

There's something a bit ironic about the fact that the most fundamental common ground between every human being on the planet is, well, the planet we share — yet nearly every language has its own name for it and a reason why it's such.

And I actually DO agree with you that it's ironic a law firm would cough up for an accountant to guard against trust report problems, and at the same time have its members travel with unencrypted flash drives of client data, leave their wifi networks open, or use pet names as passwords — or any number of things that an IT consultant would tell you not to do.

Somewhat ironic for a phone making its name around external plug - in modules, but it's still true that LG gives G5 users flexibility that others lack.

And last night, a final leak even claimed the speaker would be named «Bootleg» — it would have been a wonderfully ironic turn for a company that's worked for years and years to win over audiophiles.

Professor Dowd observes that: [I] t is ironic that the law permits many fathers to be parents in little more than name (or genes) only, while condemning single parent families for, among other things, the absence of a father....