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  1. n. The killing of a word, in a figurative sense; perversion of a word from its proper meaning, as in punning.
  2. n. One who kills a word or words.

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  • jmjarmstrong JM is, like, upset, like, about, like, verbicide. Mar 23, 2011

  • reesetee Sounds like you're doing away with your pasta. Dec 18, 2007

  • adoarns Apparently, willful disregard for the meaning of a word, or using it in such a way, a distorter, a wormtongue. And, in that wonderful way -cide words often have, refers to the person who does so as well.

    However, when I first saw it, I thought of linguicide, which figures heavy in efforts to combat language extinction. Dec 17, 2007

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