coup de grace

This phrase means "blow of mercy" in french, and is used to describe the deathblow intended to end the suffering of a mortally wounded victim.

It can also be used figuratively to refer to a finishing touch of any sort.

While the correct pronunciation is similar to "coo de grahce". It (in english) is usually pronounced as "coo de gra"...with the final "s" sound being left out.

The elven hero, upon seeing his former nemesis struggling for breath, performed a quick coup de grace, ending its suffering.

George had never had much luck with these matters, and
after all that'd happened, losing his wallet was the coup de grace that spurred him to tears.

coup de grace by LoSeR July 30, 2008

coup d'etat

Overthrow of the government. Anarchy

1. When Napoleon and two directors took over the French Government, that was a coup d'etat.

coup d'etat by imatease November 7, 2003

coup d'etat

a) when militia storm the government HQ and cease control of a country.

b) When a government is discredited by its' actions enough for them to be forced by thier people to hand over power, since no-one is listening to them

b) The house-arrest of Mikhail Gorbachev was ended by Boris Yeltsins' coup d'etat in which he campaigned against the USSR government of which he was a member with the people on his side and the military disobeying thier oders to prevent the people, thus securing the military on his side.

coup d'etat by Kung-Fu Jesus May 2, 2004

Coup Klux Klan

A group of thugs perpetrating an insurrection by storming Congress, at the direction of their terrorist leader, Donald J. Trump.

The Capitol Police were in league with the Coup Klux Klan and let them walk into the Capitol, and even took Selfies with them LAWL.

Coup Klux Klan by Nartal January 7, 2021

coup de grace

To achieve complete, argumental dominance in it's most pure form. Once a coup de grace is tactfully executed, the executing individual terminates/wins said argument. If performed... No can defense.

Any of the following may be used:

It's science...
Except when it's not...
Well.. Not on this earth. Respectively.

NOTE: Coup de graces may not be utilized in tandum and/or against one another in the same argument.

Dave: Not all fruits have seeds..
Nakama: Yes they do.
Dave: No they don't.
Nakama: Yes they do.. It's science.

Argument terminated.

NOTE: Nakama wins argument via sweet delivery of a coup de grace.

coup de grace by Hebis Dominus Maximus April 14, 2008

coup d'etab

A coup d'etab is the act of deleting all the tabs that are open on your browser in one fell swoop. It may also be applied when doing it for a tab-hoarder's infinite amount of open tabs.

I was on my boyfriend's phone last night searching for something when I saw he had 23 tabs open! I did a coup d'etab and closed them all at once.

coup d'etab by alarive June 11, 2019

coup d'etat

(GOVERNMENT) seizure of power by an armed entity, usually the army but sometimes the police.

Usually coups are perpetrated in countries with very weak governments, such as in West Africa, Bolivia, or Southwest Asia. They get progressively worse (i.e., more violent, more prolonged, and more repressive) until eventually some junta builds up protection against against the next coup. This is what happened in Iraq after 1979; it happened in Syria in 1973; it also happened in Japan in 1607. In other cases, the coup accomplishes its goals (Chile 1973) and retires as a PR move.

After a coup occurs, the military leadership is known as a junta.

Military coups are usually motivated by the personal ambition of the perpetrator; the central figure is usually very personally corrupt, as well.

Military coups are difficult to pull off and usually are nipped in the bud. Even with foreign assistance, they are hard, because they are a form of high-speed civil war.

Inter-class violence often comes with a coup d'etat.

coup d'etat by Primus Intra Pares July 11, 2010