Struggling to understand the difference between irony and unfortunate events. My partner is quite smart and I don’t want to make a fool of myself.
EDIT – Thanks everyone, your responses have really helped. Hopefully I’ll be less likely to make a fool of myself describing something as ironic, in the future.
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One other pointer: don’t use it as a synonym for coincidence. “Take on Me played in the grocery store right after we talked about it on the drive over” is a coincidence, not ironic.
Also, I see people saying “that is sarcasm not irony” – sarcasm is a form of irony.
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