killographic

killographic
 n.— «“If pornographic is the ‘graphic depiction of sex,’ then killographic should enter our vocabulary to describe the “graphic depiction of brutal violence,”’ David Walsh, the institute’s president, told a Capitol Hill news conference.» —“Group warns parents about ‘killographic’ games” CNN Dec. 9, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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