JFK

1. USabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th US president (served 1961–1963).

   Or the company may not want the internet to be filled with Ghiblified photos of the 9/11 terror attacks, or Jeffrey Epstein hanging out with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, or the JFK assassination — all of which have gone viral on X.

   2025 March 28, Jacob Shamsian, “Studio Ghibli has few legal options to stop OpenAI from ripping off its style”, in Business Insider, New York, N.Y.: Insider Inc., →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2025

2. Buildings, facilities, ships, bridges, highways, and other public works informally known as the JFK or JFK, especially
   1. John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City.

      I flew into JFK, then took a cab to my hotel in Manhattan

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      Fortunately, most of these were former French colonies, and through a combination of quiet diplomacy and well-placed French nationals in the various air-traffic-control centers, the 300-mile-long stream of American aircraft flew the width of Africa as uneventfully as a red-eye flight from LAX to JFK.

      1994, Tom Clancy, Armored Cav: A Guided Tour of an Armored Cavalry Regiment, New York: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 281

   2. John F. Kennedy Federal Building, Boston, MA.
   3. John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge, Louisville, KY.

      Traffic on the JFK was delayed by construction of the new bridge.

   4. USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)
   5. USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)
   6. Any of numerous schools in the US.

      Steubenville beat JFK, scoring in the final minute of play.

plural JFKs

1. A half-dollar coin in honor of president John F. Kennedy.

   Synonyms: Kennedy

present singular third person JFKs · participle present JFKing · participle past JFKed · past JFKed

1. slangtransitiveTo put to death; to assassinate, especially for political reasons.

   The way he is decimating the CIA will more likely get him JFKed.

   2009 November 14, Eddie Haskell, “Obama resists Pentagon pressure on Afghanistan quagmire - will he be JFKed?”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet)

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   I am not saying choosing McCain would necesarrily^([sic]) lead to Kerry getting JFKed but Democratic presidential runners need to be aware of the problem.

   2004 April 5, JonZ, “Poll Picks McCain as Kerry's Vice President”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet)

   If Obama tried to do the right thing he'd be JFKed. If Obama tried to live up to his promises, if he opposed the neocons and military-industrial complex ...

   2010 June 20, Johnny Asia, “If Obama tried to do the right thing he'd be JFKed”, in alt.politics (Usenet)

2. slangTo conduct research about the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

   This may seem a little presumptious, but I feel that this group is pretty much JFKed out.

   1991 April 19, Steve Feinstein, “JFK Survey”, in sci.skeptic (Usenet)

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   I'm going to give 'nobody' the benifit^([sic]) of the doubt , seeing by his own admission that he's been JFKing it for just a couple of months now .

   2009 November 14, cdddraftsman, “More indications of the investigative”, in alt.assassination.jfk (Usenet)

   The point is that the JFK world is a very polarized world, and it does not reflect the general population. In a word, JFKing can screw-up a person's head. Look at the ridiculous assertion of Robert Harris from the other day where he said that he took Ruby's shooting of Oswald as a clear sign that Oswald was guilty.

   2016 August 14, Ralph Cinque, “There are two kinds of people: JFKers and non-JFKers”, in alt.assassination.jfk (Usenet)

3. derogatoryslangTo hold similar political beliefs or behave in a similar manner to John F. Kennedy.

   He could've JFKed all the overweight babes he wanted to and that's that.

   2010 May 20, Bill Bonde, “evangelical Repulican quits over sex scandal”, in alt.activism.death-penalty (Usenet)

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   (from the standard code-word remark "I'm a JFK liberal") Examples: "He's useless...he JFKed a long time ago",

   2003 November 10, zepp, “The Wingnut Dictionary”, in talk.politics.misc (Usenet)

   JFKing is symbiotically related to the "Even Some Liberals Agree" gambit, since JFKers quickly establish their roles as the reliable house liberals who provide neocons with all their even-some-liberals-agree examples.

   2004 October 6, Alex, “OT / Right Wingnut Debate Dictionary”, in alt.true-crime (Usenet)