tragic hero

someone who starts at the top, and goes down to the bottom due to a tragic flaw.

Macbeth is a tragic hero.

by wesdood January 4, 2007

Tragedy hipster

A person who belittles or shames someone's attempts at showing their support or compassion for a tragic world event because the event itself is too mainstream.

Tragedy hipster facebook post example: "Good work, all of you who changed your facebook pictures to a Frech Flag, what about the tragedy in Beirut? You are all horribly racist and ignorant and terrible people."

(Credit: Josh Zepps on the Joe Rogan podcast ep.726)

by Adonji February 27, 2016

bittersweet tragedy

A song by Melanie Martinez that was released in 2016. It is also the fourth song on her Dollhouse EP.

Bittersweet Tragedy is such a depressing song.

by Another Girl On The Web September 2, 2020

Gap Year Tragedy

The average student enlightened by the insight afforded by global travel to the extent of cringeworthy personality renovation.

Guy 1- Man, I saw John after he got back after his 12 months in South America- bobble hat, dreadlocks and all.

Guy 2 - I heard it was 'jean-pierre' these days

Guy 1 - What a gap year tragedy

by Clactoner November 30, 2009

tragic

my life

my life is fucking tragic

by depressed July 16, 2003

tragic flaw

The mistake in a characters personality that causes him or her to fail or lose or die. Very important in english literature (idiot), and is found in any novel with any character that does not do everything perfect in his or her life.

Romeo's flaw was his rage and undying love for friends and Juliet.

by Matt The Dude March 16, 2003

White Tragedy

The White Tragedy is an uplifting look at the characters’ darkest days. The heavy weight of the characters’ problems brings them close to their breaking point, but what could have been tragedy is averted by new reasoning in the perception of how the protagonists views their reality. The characters then shed the skin of worldly problems and are born anew.

White Tragedy had been influenced by films such as The Graduate, Dr. Strangelove, the work of Hal Ashby (in particular, Harold and Maude), the work of Wes Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums) and various other feature films.

The term White Tragedy, coined by Lisa Wegner circa 2010, is a testament to the will to succeed through any tragedy and emerge from it a stronger and more balanced being. Lisa Wegner is an award winning filmmaker and a member of Cambridge Who’s Who. Lisa’s company Mighty Brave Productions follows the White Tragedy tradition in the films Countenance, Boundless, Outset, and The Gospel of Phi.

by Mighty I June 10, 2010