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Fratricide
The Cheese Started conversation Jan 16, 2000
fratricide: n. 1. The killing of one's brother
2. One who has killed his brother
Fratricide
Demon Drawer Posted Jan 17, 2000
Maybe this is what has happened to the compilers of word for today. If it is I'm at a loss for words. I have no idea what to say. Word of the Day was the first glimpse of H2G2 I got every morning during morning coffe. I fell I'd be unable to do an eulogy for Anna if her brother has killed her. Hang on surely that wouldn't be fratricide surely that would be some other form of parricide (The murder of a parent or near relative) like sororicide (The murder of a sister).
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Fratricide
Gibbous Hindsight Posted Jan 19, 2000
may I suggest:
3. Used in describing the killing of one's own military forces, viz. "friendly fire," which of course isn't friendly at all and yet another of the many oxymorons so common in the Armed Forces.
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