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pass-out

pass-out
 n.— «The game, also known as suffocation roulette, space monkey, pass-out, knock-out or flatliner, can cause brain damage, disability and death. “According to one county FICMR coordinator, they just had a situation in their school last spring where children 10 to 12 years old were choking each other until they passed out.”» —“Officials: ‘Fainting game’ can have deadly consequences” Billings Gazette (Mont.) July 20, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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