A traffic jam when you're already late wouldn't be irony either there's no automatic expectation that traffic will be fine, just because you happen to be late. The good advice you didn't take, however, would NOT be irony, because that has nothing to do with what is expected and what isn't expected. Rain on your wedding day would be a sort-of example, because a wedding day is generally expected to be a perfect, happy day. A difference between what you expect to happen (in a story, for example) and what actually happens. Situational Irony - The irony that most people think of. Sarcasm - Understatement, mocking overstatement, or heavy-handed irony (stating the flat opposite of the truth) where both parties are aware of the difference between what's said and what's actually happening.
This is often used on the TV show South Park, where the children often ask questions about a situation until the folly in a parent's decision becomes clear. Socratic irony - When someone pretends to be naive about a certain subject, and uses his questions about it to point out a flaw in the established belief.
One of the most misused words in the entire English language.
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