So hip they are square. The phrase was an insider insult by Fernwood Tonight host Barth Gimbel (Martin Mull) multiple times in the 1970s. Fernwood Tonight was a comedy/parody talk show, an off shoot of another 1970s comedy Mary Hartman Mary Hartman. These Fernwood Tonight episodes where the phrase "tragically hip" is used are on YouTube and also archived at archive.org.
by Buddy.Grant March 26, 2024

by watermakesmecough December 13, 2023

Jack: It's not that she just dumped me, or that she cheated on me with the entire Chicago Bears...it's just that, she broke the news on a Wednesday. I hate Wednesdays! Y'know?
John: I know what you mean, dude. It's such a tragicity.
John: I know what you mean, dude. It's such a tragicity.
by Marcie Ross November 19, 2010

This is the term for fluids - tears that flow from the eyes down to the mouth. They help hydrate dried out lips from begging someone to not break up with you.
As Carmen continued to weep and beg for Aiden to not end things, her cracked and sore lips began to feel some comfort from the never-ending tears from her eyes. The only good thing for her that day was that her Tragic Chapstick made things a bit better.
by von groovy March 5, 2025

by Flash&Spot June 18, 2018

Something done by someone that creates distress or sorrow
Can be used to describe the was someone looks, in a rude way
The word 'tragic' was created by Samantha and Olivia
Can be used to describe the was someone looks, in a rude way
The word 'tragic' was created by Samantha and Olivia
by Samantha and Olivia January 4, 2017

Yu-Gi-Oh is so tragic, 'the heart of the cards', yeah, like that would ever help me win a game of poker. The Fart of the Hards.
by Bastardized Bottomburp July 13, 2003
