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Democide 

Noun: The total deaths a government causes that include circumstances that are not usually included in genocide.

Term first clearly defined in www.hawaii.edu/powerkills website by the author R.J. Rummel who for decades has done much research on the subject of various government's effects on the health of it's people from all time periods as best can be determined.
Cambodia managed to kill approximately one third of it's population in just a few years via it's democide.
Democide by LowOiL October 18, 2009
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democide 

a broader term than genocide, it is defined as the killing, or conspiracy to kill a member or members of a targeted group. It is not limited to a racial, ethnic, national or religious group, the way genocide is.
The Red Scare is one of the most common examples of political democide in the US from the past century.
democide by Kevin O. August 30, 2004
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Vietnamese Democide 

A term used to refer to the democides of Vietnamese civilians during the Vietnam war by the South Vietnamese government dictatorship, America, and South Korea.

One well known Vietnamese Democide was the My Lai Massacre.
In order to stop liberators from freeing the Vietnamese, the South Vietnamese Government, America, and South Korea started a Vietnamese democide.
Vietnamese Democide by PentaSquares December 28, 2020

demicide 

N. Describes events in which someone injured him- or herself notably while doing something rather stupid. Used like "suicide," but for events which were not lethal (perhaps by a stroke of luck). Generally also only used when the injury was sustained as a consequence of an intentional act, rather than sheer accident following a somewhat amusing streak of bad luck.
Mike committed demicide by attempting to stand up on his bike pedals as he went over the speed bump. He was fortunate to have survived the event, but his friends later wondered if he had a death wish, or was merely being an idiot.
demicide by TerraForce October 22, 2006
n. A screenshot fabricated by a company to misrepresent the graphics of a game; a combination of the words bullshit and screenshot.

Originated from Penny Arcade, a popular gaming webcomic.
-Have you seen Madden 2006 for the Xbox 360? The graphics are gonna be awesome!
-Dude, the Madden 2006 images they showed at E3 were bullshots. It doesn't look nearly as good as they said.
bullshot by Worker Unit #503,298,545 September 26, 2005
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Gayborhood 

N. A neighborhood containing homes, clubs, bars, restaurants, and other places of business and entertainment that cater to homosexuals.
"They've opened up a new club in the Gayborhood called the Male Box."
Gayborhood by Mia Shields January 6, 2006
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A small piece of information. Derived from the word ken, used often in the scottish language and is synonymous with knowledge.
Person 1: "Hey I don't get this shit. How do you solve this problem?"
Person 2: "I got that one. Give me some kenlets on this assignment and I'll help you w/ that one."
kenlet by Norma Y. October 8, 2005
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