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Desmond Tutu

/ ˌdɛzmənd ˈtuːtuː /

noun

  1. informal.
    a university degree graded 2:2 (second class lower bracket) Often shortened toDesmond
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Desmond Tutu1

C20: a pun on 2:2 and Desmond Tutu
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In a BBC interview in 2010, he said that he shared the view of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu that "we have lost our way" as a nation.

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He also recalls seeing a punter at the bar and telling him: "You look just like Desmond Tutu."

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu said it so well: “There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.”

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South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the 1984 winner, said becoming a Nobel laureate was a double-edged sword.

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu even had to ask him to leave a funeral because so many black mourners were throwing stones.

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