1996 hit for Alanis Morissette

I believe the answer is:

ironic

(Other definitions for ironic that I've seen before include "Being sarcastic or deliberately oblique" , "Strangely apt or inapt" , "Wryly humorous" , "Strange and perverse" , "Meaning the contrary of what is expressed" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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