llamacide

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English

Etymology

From 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, 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 (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>:
      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...