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death flag

death flag noun: a trope suggesting to the viewer that a character will die.

Noun

death flag (plural death flags)

  1. (Japanese, slang) A trope suggesting to the viewer that a character will die.

Forms of death flag

pluraldeath flags

Origin of death flag

Calque of Japanese 死亡フラグ (shibō furagu).

Questions about death flag

What does death flag mean?
Death flag means a trope suggesting to the viewer that a character will die.
What part of speech is death flag?
Death flag is a noun.
What is the plural of death flag?
The plural of death flag is death flags.

Words near death flag in the dictionary

  1. death erections
  2. death factor
  3. death factors
  4. death fat
  5. death fats
  6. death flag
  7. death flags
  8. death flight
  9. death flights
  10. death futures
  11. death game

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