May 15, 2003

tardegy

tar´d­jee n.

[deliberate mangling of tragedy] An incident in which someone who clearly deserves to be selected out of the gene pool on grounds of extreme stupidity meets with a messy end. Coined on the Darwin list, which is dedicated to chronicling such incidents; but almost all hackers would instantly recognize the intention of the term and laugh.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:27 AM

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