llamacide

English

Etymology

llama +‎ -cide, by analogy with homicide (a rhyming word in many dialects).

Pronunciation

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Noun

llamacide (uncountable)

1. (rare) The act of killing a llama.
   • 1999, The Communicator, Volumes 36-37‎^[1], The Police:

     Tpr. Ronald Clark solved a "llamacide" case by identifying two high school students who, while drunk, shot a llama to death.

   • 2004 May 10, Officer Farva, “If I murdered a llama....”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling‎^[2] (Usenet), message-ID <20040510174324.08439.00001110@mb-m10.aol.com>:

     would it be considered llamacide?

   • 2015, Gravity Falls, episode "The Stanchurian Candidate"

     Crimes include shoplifting, teaching bears to drive, a new crime he invented called "burglebezzlement", first-degree llamacide...