Is there a term for the situation that people incorrectly label as irony?

[Locut0s]

I don't know about that one, but being shat on by a bird sure is.

I was shat on by a bird as a kid one day ridding my bike in the park. Is this a horrible omen?

 

[Greenman]

I don't know about that one, but being shat on by a bird sure is.

I should introduce you to the pterodactyl that lives just down the road, you'd change your mind.

 

[SandEagle]

this literally blew my mind away

 

[DrPizza]

"twist of fate"? Maybe?

 

[SlitheryDee]

A fitting end?

 

[CZroe]

sarcasm=irony
something that defies expectation based on other factors=irony

There are too many mis-uses for a single word.

http://hotword.dictionary.com/ironic/

 

[actuarial]

Huh you are right. Did not know this. 😛

I always thought that was the point of the 'rain on your wedding day' line, and thought it took way too much criticism from the 'not irony' crowd.

I guess it depends on whether you feel cosmic irony is a type of situational irony or not.

 

[AMCRambler]

But what about a free ride, when you've already paid?

 

[bignateyk]

It's like raaaiiiinnn

 

[Fenixgoon]

there ya go.

:thumbsup:


..I think? :hmm:

yeah, I really do think :hmm:

 

[Schfifty Five]

Loc, what's up with you and creating thread after thread lately?

What happened to you turning a new leaf and losing weight, getting a new job, going to school, and moving out of your parents place? Seems like all you do is create new threads.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I think the term for that is irony.