Remember that fight in Vinland saga between Thorkell and Thorfin? Remember how Askeladd reflected the sun off his sword to blind Thorkell?
Hym "This has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with any assassination attempts I've heard of but I'm literally Askeladd and you're welcome for that at least."
by Hym Iam July 11, 2025
Get the Assassination Attempt mug.Character Assassination is the act of attempting to influence the portrayal or reputation of a particular person, causing others to develop an extremely negative perception of him/her. By its nature, it involves deliberate exaggeration or manipulation of facts to present an untrue picture of the targeted person.
Basically, it is spreading rumours and talking bad about somebody, to make people hate them.
Basically, it is spreading rumours and talking bad about somebody, to make people hate them.
1. I'm just another victim of Character Assassination.
2. The media and politicians are Character Assassins.
2. The media and politicians are Character Assassins.
by MichaelToTheJ June 1, 2007
Get the Character Assassination mug.1. To deliberately destroy someone’s good reputation by exaggerating their flaws, spreading negative falsehoods, and/or manipulating facts.
2. (In fiction) When a normally sympathetic and/or intelligent character is derailed with bad writing by an author and/or creator erasing previously established positive development exaggerating their worst flaws (flanderdization), and/or by making them behave in out of character (OOC) ways that make them come across as unsympathetic and stupid out of nowhere for the sake of creating cheap shock value, forcing a character into the villain role with no organic lead up, retreading previously established character development by undoing it of nowhere to do it all over again, and/or in order for the creator/author to prop up another character and/or ship they unfairly favor as “good” and/or “redeemed” without having to actually put in any sort of effort to develop their favorites in to people who are actually behaving in ways that make them worthy of redemption by attempting to emotionally manipulate the audience to forget about the bad ways in which their favorites have behaved and/or the bad things their favorite character has done by deliberately pulling a character assassination on other characters and/or ships to make them seem just as bad, if not worse, in comparison to their favorites.
2. (In fiction) When a normally sympathetic and/or intelligent character is derailed with bad writing by an author and/or creator erasing previously established positive development exaggerating their worst flaws (flanderdization), and/or by making them behave in out of character (OOC) ways that make them come across as unsympathetic and stupid out of nowhere for the sake of creating cheap shock value, forcing a character into the villain role with no organic lead up, retreading previously established character development by undoing it of nowhere to do it all over again, and/or in order for the creator/author to prop up another character and/or ship they unfairly favor as “good” and/or “redeemed” without having to actually put in any sort of effort to develop their favorites in to people who are actually behaving in ways that make them worthy of redemption by attempting to emotionally manipulate the audience to forget about the bad ways in which their favorites have behaved and/or the bad things their favorite character has done by deliberately pulling a character assassination on other characters and/or ships to make them seem just as bad, if not worse, in comparison to their favorites.
1. Who wrote these lies about me in this article? I’m not the horrible person they are making me out to be here! This is character assassination!
2. Emma Swan from Once Upon A Time was such a badass, intelligent, kindhearted, and selfless young woman. Then, she got set up with Hook, and became a mean-spirited, violent, and selfish sidekick to him on her own show. What horrible character assassination!
2. Emma Swan from Once Upon A Time was such a badass, intelligent, kindhearted, and selfless young woman. Then, she got set up with Hook, and became a mean-spirited, violent, and selfish sidekick to him on her own show. What horrible character assassination!
by AliceKettle January 31, 2021
Get the Character Assassination mug.1.When one Assassinate's one's self.
2. The act or action of performing an Assassination on one's own self.
3. A more classier word for Suicide.
2. The act or action of performing an Assassination on one's own self.
3. A more classier word for Suicide.
Guy 1: It tough to hear Jimmy committed suicide.
Guy 2: Think of it as an assassination.
Guy 1: What?
Guy 2: Jimmy assassinated himself.
Guy 1: Ahh so he committed a Self Assassination.
Guy 2: Think of it as an assassination.
Guy 1: What?
Guy 2: Jimmy assassinated himself.
Guy 1: Ahh so he committed a Self Assassination.
by CoUnMe April 22, 2010
Get the Self Assassination mug.A group of words that range from a few sentences to lengthy paragraphs which radiate supreme mastering of the art of language. The purpose of a verbal assassination is to impress the target person with your skills to either grind their self-esteem down to the size of a pea, raise their spirits in an uplifting manor, or simply to impress others with your ability to place words together in an inspiring fashion.
Claire is a master at verbal assassination. She is the verbal assassinator that all other verbal assassinators are subordinate to.
by Verbal Assassinator July 25, 2010
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by AwkwardSilenceGuy August 29, 2010
Get the Conversation Assassination mug.In a first person shooter, when you go away from keyboard for just a second to do something, and come back to find yourself dead in-game. Common modes of death include being sniped or simply run up to with a melee weapon.
"Dude. You just stood still for a second and a sniper got you."
"Shit! I was just opening a bag of Cheetos!"
"Must've been an AFK Assassination."
"Shit! I was just opening a bag of Cheetos!"
"Must've been an AFK Assassination."
by AlpineWolf April 14, 2010
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