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axe bombing en · NOUN

Etymology

From Axe (“a brand of aerosol deodorant”) + bombing.

Meanings

  1. (neologism, slang, uncountable, usually) The act of tying down the trigger of a can of aerosol deodorant and throwing it into an enclosed space, as a prank.
    • This horrendous act is actually a very common thing among Boy Scouts, called Axe bombing 2014 October 11, TheOdd1sOut, 00:01:15 from the start, in Adventures in Boy Scouts Part 1:

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axe bombing en · VERB

Etymology

From Axe (“a brand of aerosol deodorant”) + bombing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of axe bomb
    form of axe bomb