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dead-naming

dead-naming noun: an act of the instance of naming as the target of a death-curse, of killing by naming. Also the present participle and gerund of dead-name.

Noun

dead-naming

  1. An act of the instance of naming as the target of a death-curse, of killing by naming.
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Also used as

dead-naming is also the present participle and gerund of dead-name.

Origin of dead-naming

From dead + naming, 'naming as (soon to be) dead'. Attested since the early 1900s.

Questions about dead-naming

What does dead-naming mean?
Dead-naming means an act of the instance of naming as the target of a death-curse, of killing by naming.
What part of speech is dead-naming?
Dead-naming is a noun.

Words near dead-naming in the dictionary

  1. dead-melting
  2. dead-melts
  3. dead-name
  4. dead-named
  5. dead-names
  6. dead-naming
  7. dead-nuts
  8. dead-on
  9. dead-pan
  10. dead-panned
  11. dead-panning

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