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tragic

used to describe a person who lacks any sort of self-awareness or conception of how others perceive them; often characterized as woefully oblivious to their gaping flaws, which prevent them from achieving others’ respect or appreciation. A tragic person (see: trag) typically engages in behaviors that they wrongfully believe to be iconic, while most external parties find these antics cringe-inducing and/or trite. To refer to someone as “tragic” is an all-encompassing derision that asserts a person’s utter lack of redeemable qualities, coalesced by physical unattractiveness, dullness, incompetence, ill temper, social ineptitude, and idiocy.
Person 1: Did you see what he posted?

Person 2: Unfortunately, yes. He is so tragic.
by Invidiosa January 21, 2019
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tragitainment

The type of TV show that presents unfortunate mishaps, accidents and disasters as entertainment. Tragedy + entertainment= tragitainment.
TV shows such as 'What Went Wrong?', 'When Weather Goes Bad', 'Pet Rescue', 'Air Crash Investigation'. And so on. Tragitainment tells the tragic tale of boy swept away by flood, airshow crash spectators incinerated, NASCAR driver baked to crisp in horror smash etc.
by Mark Carr May 18, 2006
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tragedarian

A person who thrives on tragedy.
Catastrophe is the perfume that attracts the tragedarian.
by Dr Bunnygirl August 7, 2019
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Tragic Ass Syndrome

A syndrome describing a person’s ass when it is either flattened or exposed in such a manner as to make you wish you had never seen it.
When he leaned over to pick up his dog’s steaming turd, it became painfully apparent that he was suffering from a bad case of Tragic Ass Syndrome.
by Dr Bunnygirl May 17, 2020
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tragic carpet

when someone’s (usually a female’s) carpet is not shaved to the point of full bush or shaven very poorly
When I went down on her, her tragic carpet turned me gay and made me miss the homies.
by CEO of BDE June 8, 2020
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Tragedeigh

A name that is intentionally misspelled for attention/"uniqueness."
KVIIIlyn was such a tragedeigh.
by Ubeenbamboozledson May 17, 2023
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tragedy of the commons

The term has its origins in the sharing of grazing land in a given community, called "the commons", in Britain. An individual farmer could increase his or her profits by using more of the commons than others. The other farmers would then follow suite, leading to the overexploitation and destruction of that land.

In its modern usage, the phrase is used as a metaphor to the above, referring to the exploitation of a common resource. In game theory it is used as an example of how, in a given situation, every individual can choose to do what is best for their own interests and still produce the worst sum result for the whole. See also: prisoner's dilemna.

The most common and effective way to negotiate this problem is private ownership. Another way is heavy regulation and the imposition of sanctions on violators.
usage: When big companies pollute the air, it's just another example of the tragedy of the commons.
by terribly trite March 4, 2004
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