Today's Vocabulary lesson

Tragedy: Noun: Middle English, tragedie, from Middle French from Latin tragoedia 14th Century.

1 a: a medieval narrative poem or tale typically describing the downfall of a great man b: a serious drama typically describing a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force (as destiny) and having a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion that elicits pity or terror c: the literary genre of tragic dramas
2 a: a disastrous event : calamity b: misfortune
3: tragic quality or element


Sad: adjective: Middle English from Old English soed 13th Century

1 a: affected with or expressive of grief or unhappiness : downcast b (1): causing or associated with grief or unhappiness : depressing "sad news"
(2): regrettable, deplorable "a sad relaxation of morals" — C. W. Cunnington
c: of little worth
2: of a dull somber color
Courtesy Merriam-Webster Online

So for the record, the death of Michael Jackson is sad NOT Tragic. His life was much more tragic than his death. Now can we please move on to real world news??