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I think it became a cliche from ironic use as per your description. Then people continued to use the phrase unironically, being unaware that when they originally heard the incorrect use, it was being delivered ironically.
I actually think Morisette has a full grasp of irony, as shown by penning a song called ‘ironic’, supposedly about ironic situations but actually containing none.
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I salute your (almost extinct) use of "coin the phrase/term" in a way that recognises the meaning.
People who add "to coin a phrase/term" after using a cliché, entirely unironically. Although they're not actually as bad as the ones who do it ironically - it was only ironic the first time somebody did it, you cunts. You're on Morissette levels of unironic when you try it.