Tropey

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Related to, featuring, or characteristic of a trope or tropes. informal

    "Most demurs, saying that were he to tell, his version would unhealthily influence others' vision and we'd all be stuck using the same derivative tropes (more derivative and tropey than "push yourself out of your comfort zone," I'm guessing)."

Example

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"Most demurs, saying that were he to tell, his version would unhealthily influence others' vision and we'd all be stuck using the same derivative tropes (more derivative and tropey than "push yourself out of your comfort zone," I'm guessing)."

Etymology

From trope + -y.

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