death flag

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

death flag (plural death flags)

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