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Dgar Dgar @dgar@aus. social:

The adjective for metal is metallic.

Not so for iron, which is ironic.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Adjective for iron is ferric

Save a google search or two

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'd generally use "ferrous". I think both are correct interchangeably outside of chemistry.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you might be referring to Abe Froman, the Sausage King of Chicago. He prefers to be addressed as Mr. Froman.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wow, bravo good sir. Well done!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I prefer iron-y.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

It's not ironic. It's just coincidental.

Now fork over those ladyfingers, cookie.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

The song Ironic contains a list of many things, none of which are ironic, making the song extremely ironic.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And iron man is not female.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Dammit, I was just going to post exactly the same thing

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This post is ferrousey!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

do you pronounce it "Eye-yern" or "Eye-run"?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Arn

Yes, I'm from the middle of nowhere.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's so funny that people from Baltimore have approximately the same issue with that sentence as a shoeless hillbilly from Texas. I like those guys.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

now that's some eye-urny

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago