pronounced IN-ter-NEE-sin. It comes from the Latin: "inter" (between, among) and "necare" (to kill). It means a conflict destructive to both sides, or very bloody. We do tend to use it to describe civil wars.
by DEDALO August 28, 2009
When one or more women derides another woman or group of women for not following a (often meaningless) social convention, generally motivated by obvious jealousy or an unwillingness to see someone of their own minority group get ahead. This is similar to the "crabs in a bucket" phenomenon where crabs will damage one another in order to be the last one killed.
Jennifer: "Did you see Kate all over that guy at the bar? What a slut! And she dresses so slutty too!"
Alex: "Geez, talk about your internecine female vindictiveness."
Alex: "Geez, talk about your internecine female vindictiveness."
by RedReplicant October 26, 2010