tragedy of the commons

Literally, this means what happens when something shared by all gets abused.

I.E. everyone lets their dogs poo all over Central Park becuase they can all use it and none of em own it or have to take care of it.

by Home-mang August 26, 2003

tragedy of the commons

A situation where the overuse or abuse by some of a resource that lies in the public domain leads to the loss of use of the resource for everyone.

When Fred let his sheep graze on the public square, he caused a real tragedy of the commons . . . now where are the college students supposed to go to play frisbee?

by Julia August 27, 2003

Tragedy hound

A person who is like a hound dog that traces every single tragic story available. They search for popularity through despicable and gruesome means.

"This guy CraftNation is a tragedy hound"

-Archfiend

by K-Shizzle May 20, 2012

tragedy of the commons

when a girl who is known slyly as the "village bicycle" becomes irreplaceably damaged due to the unregulated overuse by all the village boys without consideration to marginal cost, therefore becoming a tragedy.

Hence Billy realised the dark nature of the tragedy of the commons though tainted with roseate spectacles.

by wainani punani September 17, 2003

technosexual tragedy

It is when a people discover the existence of an extra marital affair through the accessing of text messages.

The alleged affair between the Mayor and his Chief of Staff was a technosexual tragedy after the Free Press got hold of their text messages and published them.

by Grenville Collins January 26, 2008

greek tragedy

When a beautiful woman has a nose too large for her face.

Man Olympia would be bangin' if it weren't for that Greek tragedy on her face!

by Jjp December 19, 2013

The Urban Tragedy

The tragedy by which the online resource "The Urban Dictionary" is no longer a useful encyclopaedia of colloquialisms, but rather an adulterated website that acts as a platform for memes, jokes and trends, rather than providing any actual definitions that may be used in daily life.

"Hey dude, what does 'SMH' mean? I tried to look it up on Urban Dictionary but I couldn't find anything useful."
"That's the Urban Tragedy for you, man."

by Leery Loon October 7, 2017