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Columbiner

Columbiner noun: one who idolizes the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre, with this fascination often expressed on social media in a fandom-like way.

Noun

Columbiner (plural Columbiners)

  1. (slang) One who idolizes the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre, with this fascination often expressed on social media in a fandom-like way.
    • Maybe that's what was truly frightening about the Columbiners—not their veneration of Harris and Klebold, but what they articulated about themselves through their very public devotion.2020, Rachel Monroe, Savage Appetites: True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession, Scribner, →ISBN, page 197

Forms of Columbiner

pluralColumbiners

Origin of Columbiner

From Columbine + -er.

Questions about Columbiner

What does Columbiner mean?
Columbiner means one who idolizes the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre, with this fascination often expressed on social media in a fandom-like way.
What part of speech is Columbiner?
Columbiner is a noun.
What is the plural of Columbiner?
The plural of Columbiner is Columbiners.

Words near Columbiner in the dictionary

  1. columbiform
  2. columbiforms
  3. columbin
  4. columbine
  5. Columbine syndrome
  6. Columbiner
  7. Columbiners
  8. columbines
  9. columbinic
  10. columbinic acid
  11. columbite

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