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Webster Dictionary: Sarcasm http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sarcasm

Full Definition of sarcasm 1: a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain

2 : a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual

Nope your Ironic contains sarcasm.



That's right, sarcasm is a particular kind of irony. And it's not the kind that the OP was employing.




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