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New Word of the Day!
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MoodyMoody
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New Word of the Day!
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Thank you, cunliffe, for picking my definition of sesquipedalian. Here �s another sesquipedalian (long) word for you word fiends to find a "daffynition" for:
TRAGEMATOPOLIST.
Anyone who gives the correct definition (besides me when I pick a winner) will be required to type: "I will play Word of the Day by the rules" five times and will be automatically disqualified. We want a good FAKE definition!
I �ll pick a winner tomorrow evening server time, or whenever I get enough "daffynitions" to have a good selection. Happy defining, everyone! |
11 Mar 2014
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ascincoquinas
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The Land where the art and theory of writing and producing tragedies was born.
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11 Mar 2014
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isa2
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It �s a tragedian (TRAGE) living in urban areas (POLIS) in the Mato Grosso (MATO).
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11 Mar 2014
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Matthew@ELSP
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It �s a person who makes maps of areas appearing in Shakespear �s tragedy plays, isn �t it? Tragedy + Topology? No? |
12 Mar 2014
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sarguero
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Tragematopolist was the name of a martian colony that the jupiterians set long time ago before they colonized the planet Earth. Due to the poor martian atmosphere and the bacterias, the first jupiterians didn �t live a long life and it became a tragedy for Jupiter �s goverment.
This is the reason why of such a name.
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12 Mar 2014
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lady-of-roses
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It �s someone who is specialized in the study or criticism of ancient tragedies. |
12 Mar 2014
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elderberrywine
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It �s a title or degree you can buy from several European and South American universities.
You get a diploma proving you are a "trage... " (you know what I mean), you have the right to print this title on your business cards and letterheads, you can present yourself by saying: "David Lisgo, tragematopolist" or talk of the old days when you studied tragematopology in Paris, Milan or Asuncion. Lies, nothing but lies!
Only very few people will see right through you and know there is NOTHING behind this degree. Rien. Nada. Hot air.
A tragematopolist is somebody who was too rich and lazy to attend university and acquire a degree through hard work and who trusts this title he bought with money will sound as least as impressive as many real titles and degrees.
Maybe this name was chosen because there is something tragic about the whole thing, but maybe that �s not the case.
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13 Mar 2014
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