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no, it's irony

Yeah, I agree. The statement mentioned in the "dictionary" picture should be sarcasm, not irony.

You're right, that's definitely sarcasm not irony.

You'll find back-and-forth about this topic all over the place, and it's not clear cut because language is flexible. For the 'true' definition of irony, I always go back to Bender (Futurama, The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings): "The use of words expressing something other than their literal intention; now that.. is.. irony." Sarcasm, then, is not separate from irony -- it's a form of irony with malicious or 'snarky' intent.

Then there's the 'common' definition of irony -- whether tragic irony, epitomised in Alanis Morissette's song, or "you-deserved-that" irony, as we see here.

Different again is 'hipster irony': wearing an old band shirt and over-sized sun-glasses because you -know- it's in bad taste, but we won't go into that..

/rant :)

sarcasm is verbal irony.

Sarcasm is a form of irony. Look it up.