murderfest

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noun

An occasion of widespread murder.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounmurderfest (plural murderfests)

plural murderfests

  1. informalAn occasion of widespread murder.

    Caribana is a 'murderfest' in Toronto. There hasn't been a Caribana _yet_ without a stabbing.

    1993 December 18, umop apisdn, “Wanted: Your thoughts on Caribana '93.”, in tor.general (Usenet)
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    The other Beant is Beanta Butcher, who presided over the murderfest of butchering of thousands of Punjabi boys.

    1996 May 6, Rajwinder Singh, “Delhi 'riots' - Petition For Justice”, in soc.culture.indian.marathi (Usenet)

    Our pingpong started to get out of hand after our third game of "doubles". The rising energy level of the game degenerated quickly into a murderfest where the object of the game was to hit the other team with the ball.

    1996 September 30, [MM] <mpi...@pathcom.com>, “NEW STORY - "New Neighborhood" Part7, by MM”, in alt.sex.stories.gay (Usenet)

    Another rationalization for this rampant murderfest is that we're dealing with a mercenary who, until recently, has been murderously insane and VERY good at killing - so good, in fact, that he is hired as a killer to save the world.

    1998 October 5, Victor Wong, quoting <TheBaron@my-dejanews.com>, “Rationalizing Deadpool #0...”, in rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe (Usenet)

    Killing instantly doesn't a hostage get you. That just gets you a victim. The *Thief* is the better candidate yet again, for his stealth facility is better. All proposed assassins are outperformed by the thief save when engaging in munchkin murderfests. Why is it that its proponents can't see this?

    1999 June 1, Michael Scott Brown, “Assassins as a character class in 2nd Edition AD&D”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet)

    I was dragged into the office the day after collumbine^([sic]) cause they had suspissions^([sic]) i was gonna be the next one to try and go on a murderfest based on my shirts and the artwork on em.

    2001 July 13, Ramystein, “I'm bored”, in alt.music.misfits (Usenet)

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APA

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