What does the English word ironic really mean?

What does the English word ironic really mean?

In this video lesson we'll show you how the word ironic used in action. It seems to mean rather different things to different people.

Normally we use ironic in a couple of different ways. One is to describe how we say things.
When we use words with the opposite meaning to their literal meaning, we’re being ironic
. And the other meaning is similar. We could describe observations or comments as ironic when words are used with the opposite meaning to their normal meaning.

But some people use the word much more loosely. They might use ironic to describe unfortunate events or coincidences. We'll show you lots of examples in this video.

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