social death
The alienation of certain people from society to the point of being forgotten, excluded, or ignored.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“Being ignored by everyone at school felt like social death.”
“After the scandal broke, the politician faced social death as his former friends stopped answering his calls.”
“The sudden loss of his reputation led to a quiet social death, leaving him isolated from the circles he once dominated.”
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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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death by PowerPoint
The boredom or disengagement that an audience experiences from poorly designed or overly verbose presentations using any type of presentation software.
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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.
Last updated August 10, 2026