Dictionary

kerplode en · VERB

Etymology

From ker- + (ex)plode.

Meanings

1. (informal, rare) Synonym of explode.
   • Admirers of Vice's journalism—Vice News and Motherboard, both of which were largely kerploded during Vice's bankruptcy, had made themselves essential with years of excellent reporting—have long daydreamed about a future where its owners and executives stopped trying to turn it into a leprechaun's pot of gold and just allowed it to be a good website. 2024 February 23, Chris Thompson, “Vice’s Avaricious Stewards Finally Succeeded At Bleeding It Dry”, in Defector, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2024:
   • I sleep like a rock. But this morning, I heard a noise so loud and so strange that I thought my house kerploded. My eyes popped open. 2009, Laura Dower, “Prologue”, in Return of Mega Mantis #2, Penguin, →ISBN:

Forms

Synonyms

explode