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 27, 2003
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
A person who is like a hound dog that traces every single tragic story available. They search for popularity through despicable and gruesome means.
by K-Shizzle February 27, 2012
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 18, 2003
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
by Jjp December 19, 2013
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."
"That's the Urban Tragedy for you, man."
by Leery Loon September 10, 2017