Literary · Asked 2nd June 2013 · 673 views Is it ironic that... Is it ironic that a disproportional number of educated people use the word ironic incorrectly? The verdict 33% ironic 67% not 67% say this is NOT ironic · 3 votes Cast your vote How ironic is this on a scale of 0 to 10? 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Definitely ironic Not ironic at all Submit vote ← All examples Random example → Submit your own → More literary irony View all → Is it ironic that Some people misuse the word ironic? 75% not ironic 2 votes Vote → Is it ironic that After studying the book 'of mice and men' I want to shoot myself in the back of my head? 75% ironic 2 votes Vote → Is it ironic that There was a sign in the library with bad grammar and spelling mistakes? 92% ironic 6 votes Vote → Is it ironic that He interrupted his preaching, now and then, to saw a stick of wood; but the sawing was a pretense -he did it with his mouth; exactly imitating the sound the bucksaw makes in shrieking its way through the wood. 50% ironic 1 votes Vote → Not sure what counts? Read our definition of irony, or learn the difference between situational irony and plain bad luck.