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JFK

v.
C2 Proficiency US //ˈdʒiˌɛfˈkeɪ// jfk Slang Vulgar

v. to kill someone by shooting them in the head. This is a very rude and shocking way to describe a murder, based on the famous death of an American president.

v. to assassinate or kill someone by shooting them in the head. Highly offensive and crude; derived from the 1963 assassination of US President Kennedy. Transitive — requires a direct object.


SIMPLE

The villain threatened to JFK the witness if he talked.

CONTEXTUAL

In the dark thriller, the hitman was ordered to JFK the target from a nearby rooftop.

COMPLEX

The script was criticized for its excessive violence, particularly a scene where a character is JFKed in graphic detail, which many viewers found to be in poor taste.

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Usage

The verb is transitive and takes a direct object; often used in the passive voice in crime fiction contexts.

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