suicide clubn.

Brit.

/ˈsuːᵻsʌɪd klʌb/,

/ˈsjuːᵻsʌɪd klʌb/, U.S.

/ˈsuəˌsaɪd ˌkləb/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: suicide n.¹, club n.

Etymology: < suicide n.¹ + club n. With sense 2 compare suicide squad n. 1.

1. A club whose members are pledged to kill themselves.

ΚΠ

1829 F. B. Hawkins Elem. Med. Statistics xi. 165 The curious fact of the existence of a suicide club in Prussia.

1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights I. 28 The smoking-room of the Suicide Club.

1969 Times 7 Feb. 6/5 Police are investigating the possibility that a suicide club is behind the increasing numbers of suicides in Ljubljana and Slovenia as a whole.

2007 Times BFI 51st London Film Festival Programme 63/1 The phenomenon of internet suicide clubs.

2. slang (originally Military). Any group of people whose work is considered exceptionally risky or dangerous. Cf. suicide squad n. 1.The term arose and was particularly common during the First World War (1914–18) as a nickname for specialist groups of soldiers such as bombers and machine-gunners.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for hazardous duty

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suicide club1914

1914 Daily Mail (Hull) 25 Nov. 4/4 The Germans, if they came, would be bound upon a ‘Suicide Club’ errand.

1916 ‘B. Cable’ Doing their Bit iii. 47 You bombers of the ‘Suicide Clubs’ might note this.

1941 Winnipeg Free Press 12 Aug. 4 Bruce, who is a member of the Suicide club, a select band of professional motorcyclists in Illinois, was one of the major thrill artists.

2013 C. LaVO Pushing Limits vii. 80 Wilkins and Captain Danenhower were anxious to get under way in the face of critics who branded those going on the voyage ‘the suicide club’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	suicide club
释义	suicide clubn. Brit. /ˈsuːᵻsʌɪd klʌb/, /ˈsjuːᵻsʌɪd klʌb/, U.S. /ˈsuəˌsaɪd ˌkləb/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: suicide n.¹, club n. Etymology: < suicide n.¹ + club n. With sense 2 compare suicide squad n. 1. 1. A club whose members are pledged to kill themselves. ΚΠ 1829 F. B. Hawkins Elem. Med. Statistics xi. 165 The curious fact of the existence of a suicide club in Prussia. 1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights I. 28 The smoking-room of the Suicide Club. 1969 Times 7 Feb. 6/5 Police are investigating the possibility that a suicide club is behind the increasing numbers of suicides in Ljubljana and Slovenia as a whole. 2007 Times BFI 51st London Film Festival Programme 63/1 The phenomenon of internet suicide clubs. 2. slang (originally Military). Any group of people whose work is considered exceptionally risky or dangerous. Cf. suicide squad n. 1.The term arose and was particularly common during the First World War (1914–18) as a nickname for specialist groups of soldiers such as bombers and machine-gunners. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for hazardous duty perdus1611 suicide club1914 1914 Daily Mail (Hull) 25 Nov. 4/4 The Germans, if they came, would be bound upon a ‘Suicide Club’ errand. 1916 ‘B. Cable’ Doing their Bit iii. 47 You bombers of the ‘Suicide Clubs’ might note this. 1941 Winnipeg Free Press 12 Aug. 4 Bruce, who is a member of the Suicide club, a select band of professional motorcyclists in Illinois, was one of the major thrill artists. 2013 C. LaVO Pushing Limits vii. 80 Wilkins and Captain Danenhower were anxious to get under way in the face of critics who branded those going on the voyage ‘the suicide club’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1829
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