A fork of Rural Dictionary
1. noun - A ridiculous, unbelievable loss that you will likely lose sleep over.
2. verb - To let a seemingly inevitable win slip from your grasp, be it long or short term. Best used when done repeatedly.
3. adjective - Ridiculous in nature.
Etymology - New York Metropolitans (Major League Baseball)
1: "Dude! How did we lose that game...?"
"Don't worry about it, it was just a metropolitan."
2: "Did you see the game last night man?"
"Ugh, did they pull a metropolitan on that one, or what??"
3: "You seem off today, what's wrong?"
"Just having a metropolitan day, is all."