First off, a Bluffer's Guide is a trademark which I'm breaching - scew 'em.
Secondly, I have devised an explanation of irony which I think is universal.
"Irony - Where a character lacks certain information that could help them, that everyone else (the audience) knows."
It's all about information, people! When someone says "It was ironic that King Lear had funny dreams because they came true", you could say instead "King Lear didn't know his dreams were going to land him in hot water, but everyone else in the audience did, to their horror."
Remember, we know, and they don't.
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