What is the meaning of irony and/or ironic?
A parallel Based on what I understand, true irony involves two things; events and situations (or the like) that go in the same direction. Notice there is nothing going in opposite directions. There is a parallel involved, not repulsion. Try to picture “similarity with a twist” or “equivalence reciprocated” (if that helps). Picture a train track when you think of a parallel. They don’t separate from each other but instead resemble each other. Now throw in a role reversal and you have irony or something that is ironic. That’s how something opposite plays a part in irony, but such contrast is not always a part of irony. There are too many variables that create irony to consider listing them all. Confusing coincidence w/irony Don’t confuse coincidence with irony or something that is ironic, which many people do regularly as well. A coincidence may have a parallel associated with it, but that alone doesn’t qualify it as ironic. A coincidence is the occurrence of an event, or series of event
