Assertion: sarcasm | /r/UsedFor | refer to coincidence
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The historical record shows that irony and ironic have been used imprecisely for almost 100 years at least, and often to refer to coincidence.
text: But irony can also refer to a situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you expected; for example, it is ironic if someone who was raised by professional musicians but who wanted a very different kind of life then fell in love with and married a professional musician.
text: In general, irony refers to any circumstance that does not mean what it appears to mean on the surface.
text: The historical record shows that irony and ironic have been used imprecisely for almost 100 years at least, and often to refer to coincidence.