• MisterFrog@aussie.zone
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    11 hours ago

    I don’t think I’ve ever heard sarcasm used when irony is appropriate. Because “ironically” seems to be taking over (for Americans, not in Australia)

    “That’s so sarcastic” referring to irony isn’t a thing. Or at least, I’ve neve heard it.

    “the use of words that are the opposite of what you mean” bad Cambridge, bad! That’s sarcasm.

    Could be my cultural context, and my bias because I constantly hear Americans misusing ‘ironic’.

    Don’t use it differently without providing a replacement please and thank you!

    Wikipedia gets it right: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony “Irony is a juxtaposition of what, on the surface, appears to be the case with what is actually or expected to be the case”

    • apotheotic (she/her)@beehaw.org
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      10 hours ago

      Guess we’ll have to agree to disagree - I agree that there are people misusing the words ironic/unironic, I don’t think this case is one of them. Have a good one!