TRAGEMATOPOLIST
I am pleased that MoodyMoody has introduced a note of seriousness into the WOD Competition.
Several Members have correctly noted the reference to �TRAGedy � in this word, but then, they went sadly adrift.
There are MANY literary references here.
They are, what we in the World of Linguistics call Pseudo-Out-Of-Context-Words --- Poo Context Words.
I prefer the following slightly more technical phrase: "Fricative Kushti Interlanguage". I think it gives a much clearer explanation.
In the World of Drama, we speak of: "treading the bare boards", which means �going on stage in the theatre �.
But, in our dissection of TragematopoList we see �MAT � = a modest reference to �The Red Carpet �.
And, as final proof, we know that Shakespeare �s works were strongly influenced by the Irish Dramatist, Oscar Wilde.
What clearer evidence is there of this than the phrase �Top o � the list �?
For, the word "Tragematopolist" occurs in Scene 3, Act 14 of Hamlet.
It is where Hamlet, escaping with his wife, Yorrick, gives praise to all Norsemen: "A Norse, a Norse, my kingdom for a Norse!"
"A lass, poor Yorrick, I knew her well ... the water was so fresh."
Here, we have Shakespeare �s own fulsome publicity, for his most-renowned, red-carpet, top-o-the list, theatrical tragedy ...
Hamlet.
Les Douglas
