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Objective case of “who.” The most incorrectly-used word in the English language.
If you can answer with him, you use whom.
If you can answer with he, you use who.

Person 1: Hey man, who did you vote for?
Person 2: You mean, for whom did you vote. You would not say "You voted for he."
Person 1: Hey man, who did you vote for?
Person 2: You mean, for whom did you vote. You would not say "You voted for he."
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A pubic hair piece. A toupee for the pubic area/genitals. In the 1700’s when mercury was used to treat sexually transmitted diseases (Gonorrhea or Syphilis) one of the side effects was the loss of pubic hair. To disguise this condition, that was not cured by mercury, a Merkin was employed.
17th Century setting: Due to his treatment of the "French Pox" (syphilis) with mercury a merkin Gwendolyn used a Merkin to used to hide the side effects of hair loss and not alarm her husband.
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A word totally misused by teachers and other school administration who want to parade their 'knowledge' in front of anyone and everyone that is unfortunately unable to block out the barrage of nonsense.
Teacher: *Whom* is using the pencil sharpener?

Me: Um...that's wrong

Teacher: Shut up! Whom is the teacher here, may I ask?
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n. (objective case of who) A word commonly abused by idiots.

I bet if you had to indite a sentence using who and whom correctly, you'd fail.
Correct: Who killed whom?
by Pandemoniac January 19, 2004
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Follows as the object of a preposition. Often used by idiots to intimidate other idiots.
Dude: Man you gotta check out this kick-ass track!

Second Dude: By whom?

Dude: Uhhhhhhh... You lost me.
by Muggy Lumpus April 04, 2004
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a simple and useful word that, like the adverb, baffles the americans.
From whom did Saddam get his WMDs?
by Our-Man-In-Nantucket January 29, 2004
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