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short for Tragic State of Affairs, a simple acronym for a broad spectrum of events, people, or places. Anything that could be tragic, can be defined as a TSOA.
Chick 1: "OMG, I just dropped my phone in the toilet!"

Chick 2: "TSOA, my friend, TSOA."

or:

Dude 1: "Did you just see that girl give that guy head?"

Dude 2: "YES! TSOA!"
TSOA by glitterbaby84 February 3, 2010
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The Sound of Animals Fighting

An experimental/progressive rock band.
The band is made up from members of several other bands.
Man: Man, have you heard the new TSOAF album?

Friend: Yeah that fcken doms!
tsoaf by Frankadelic August 24, 2007

tsoanelo 

A very sporting person that wins everyrhing and is talented in everything but fails at school
He is a tsoanelo type of person
tsoanelo by T_ace22 September 16, 2020

Tsoanelo 

Kind , Caring , Intelligent, Hot, Sexy , and if you get in her bad side its over for you.
Tends to be very lazy at times, sleeps in class and has a nice body.
Yo she's a Tsoanelo
The striver is an interesting phenomenon that is seen across college campuses. In essence, the striver is an over-achiever who comes from a working or middle class family. He may be an immigrant. He may have been a slacker in HS who was "born again" into an academic wunderkind. Or he may just be an over-achiever who is keeping at it.

The striver is willing to sacrifice his social life at the expense of Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. The striver is the guy who stays at the library long after you are gone. The striver is the guy who takes 30 credits/semester and considers anything below an A/4.0 failure. The striver doesn't work on campus, he is too busy finding ways to pad his resume instead of working retail or workstudy. The striver lets his grades pay his education by applying to ten scholarships a year.

The striver is a future Soros/Fullbright/Rhodes/Gates/Marshall/etc. fellow. The striver lives to study. For the striver, their fun comes from the rewards they expect to receive in return for their diligence. Be it Law School, B-School, academia, or politics. The striver seeks to find the American Dream through academic success.
Anthony was a striver. He transfered from a TTT to an IVY and graduated in 2 years. He studied his ass off and went to Penn Law. He got a Biglaw offer. But lost it all because of an unmoderated mesasgeboard.

Successful strivers:
- Barack Obama
- Harold Koh
Striver by URM Striver January 3, 2009
Word of the Day on August 15, 2026

SkyPesos 

Delta SkyMiles, also known as SkyPesos, is the frequent flyer program of Delta Airlines. It has a very poor value and hard to use.
- I'm trying to book an award flight to Paris, but I only have 70,000 SkyPesos
- Just forget about it, you don't have enough SkyPesos to fly anywhere.
SkyPesos by 404_name_not_found December 6, 2018
Word of the Day on August 14, 2026