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noun
An instance of giving someone an extremely bizarre or cringeworthy name, especially one that is a fanciful respelling of a more common name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
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Synonyms: travesteigh, catastropheigh
Antonyms: none provided
History
From tragedy, respelled to make fun of novel English-language baby names ending in -eigh such as Bradleigh, Aubreigh, Kayleigh, Emileigh, etc. Now mainly associated with the r/tragedeigh subreddit, created August 25, 2021.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
