verbicide

英 ['vɜːbɪsaɪd] 美 ['vɝbɪ,saɪd]
  • n. 滥用词语;歪曲词义;糟蹋词语
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verbicide (n.)
"the killing of a word" by perversion from its original meaning, 1836, from Latin verbum "word" (see verb) + -cide.