death by PowerPoint
The boredom or disengagement that an audience experiences from poorly designed or overly verbose presentations using any type of presentation software.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“The long meeting was pure death by PowerPoint.”
“I struggled to stay awake during the seminar because it was a classic case of death by PowerPoint.”
“The audience sat in glazed silence, suffering through yet another hour of death by PowerPoint as the speaker read every single word from his cluttered slides.”
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article of death
The moment of death.
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catch one's death
To contract a serious illness, especially a nasty cold or other respiratory ailment and especially as a result of exposure to wet or chilly weather.
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death and taxes
Something which is totally certain.
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death by a thousand paper cuts
An ultimate negative outcome, such as the failure of a project, brought about by an excessive number of bureaucratic hurdles.
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die a thousand deaths
To suffer repeatedly (often mentally rather than physically); to suffer extreme embarrassment or anxiety.
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kiss of death
Something that may seem good and favorable but that actually brings ruin to hopes, plans, etc.
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living death
A condition of suffering, solitude, or impairment so extreme as to deprive one's existence of all happiness and meaning.
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matter of life and death
An extremely urgent matter.
Last updated August 10, 2026