Was (wer) ist tree-killer - definition
MYTHICAL OR FICTIONAL PLANT OR TREE THAT EATS PEOPLE
Man eating tree; Maneating tree; Killer tree; Madagascar tree; Man eating plant; The man-eating tree of madagascar; Carnivorous tree; Man-eating trees; Man-eating tree
tree-killer
<jargon, abuse> (Sun) 1. A printer.
2. A person who wastes paper. This epithet should be
interpreted in a broad sense; "wasting paper" includes the
production of spiffy but content-free documents. Thus,
most suits are tree-killers.
This term may derive from {J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the
Rings"
(http://sf.www.lysator.liu.se/sf_archive/sf-texts/SF_resource_guide/sfrgft.htm) }.
in which Treebeard the Ent uses it to refer to the orcs'
master, Saruman of Isengard. Saruman represents, among other
things, technology at its most misguided.
See also: dead tree.
[Jargon File ]
(1999-11-03)
Killer
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Killer (band); Killer (song); KILLER; Killer (film); Killer (disambiguation); Killer (album)
·noun One who deprives of life; one who, or that which, kills.
II. Killer ·noun A voracious, toothed whale of the genus Orca, of which several species are known.
killer
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Killer (band); Killer (song); KILLER; Killer (film); Killer (disambiguation); Killer (album)
(killers)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A killer is a person who has killed someone, or who intends to kill someone.
The police are searching for his killers...
= murderer
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2.
You can refer to something that causes death or is likely to cause death as a killer.
Heart disease is the biggest killer of men in most developed countries.
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Man-eating plant
A man-eating plant is a legendary carnivorous plant large enough to kill and consume a human or other large animal. Various such myths and fictional tales exist around the world.
Beispiele aus Textkorpus für tree-killer
1. At 55, the short, bespectacled Rey looks more like a high–school math teacher than a ruthless tree killer.