Comment on Lawyer here: I concur!

• HeHoXa@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Honestly take these as wins. Clearly it was a good idea.

  … or just pulled the idea from subconscious memory…

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• Mulligrubs@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I thought I invented the word “tragicomedy”

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  • slothrop@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The Germans invented it first, with ‘tragikkomeßdykompenbursteißn’ *

    *disclaimer: not 100% sure

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    • Evkob@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s apparently attested since at least the 2nd century BCE; Roman playwright Plautus is usually credited with coining the term.

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• DmMacniel@feddit.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Adam Something, is that you?

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• EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Convergent evolution

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