Desmond Tutu

/ ˌdɛzmənd ˈtuːtuː /

noun

1. informal.
   a university degree graded 2:2 (second class lower bracket) Often shortened toDesmond

Word History and Origins

Origin of Desmond Tutu¹

C20: a pun on 2:2 and Desmond Tutu

Example Sentences

Archbishop Desmond Tutu was looking at the biblical length of South Africans waiting in line to vote that Wednesday morning.

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As his longtime friend Bishop Desmond Tutu once told Sky News, “he needed that time in prison to mellow.”

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We were, our own beloved Archbishop Desmond Tutu told us, “the rainbow children of God.”

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These people, especially Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu, and Mary Robinson, have been particularly harsh on Israel.

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As Desmond Tutu put it in an interview from the film, “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.”

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