Redrumed

To be overtaken or consumed by violent or destructive impulses, often with a loss of identity or moral clarity.

Derived from "redrum" (a reversal of "murder," popularized by The Shining by Stephen King), with "-ed" to form the past tense. Conveys horror, psychological unraveling, or supernatural influence.

1. The haunted hotel had redrumed its guests one by one.

2. By the end of the story, the protagonist had been fully redrumed.

by Adam is Awesome May 22, 2025

Redrum

redrum is a verb, normally meaning that you want to include the person you are talking to in a threesome with Hillary Clinton.

Hey, Anna, want to redrum later…?

by FDLee Alien. August 25, 2022

redrum

A person who talks with a lot of vocal fry because they're trying to make their voice sound lower than it is. Common among millennials. Term is a reference to the child in the shining saying redrum using vocal fry before he starts yelling it.

My ears hurt after listening to a bunch of redrums on that zoom call.

by orgrand March 10, 2021