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tragesty en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of tragedy + travesty.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, nonstandard) A tragedy, a travesty: a disastrous, appalling situation.
    • Then she babbled on for a bit about what a 'tragesty' slavery was and thank goodness Martin Luther King helped end it. Not very bright. 2024 March 12, Jane Roper, The Society of Shame: A Novel, Vintage, →ISBN, page 122:
    • "And break his streak? No, dude, that would be a tragesty of massive proportions. 2022 August 3, E.Z. Prine, Pirate Penance: A Rock 'n' Roll Novel, Pure Barry Press, →ISBN: