public service murder
n.— «It was a public service murder, yielding benefits to the local society, including the might-be victims.» —“Re: Please define Homophobia” by Apostate Usenet: alt.atheism May 17, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
The 5-Minute Linguist is a book of short, accessible essays by linguists who answer the questions they commonly hear from laypersons. For example, what’s the difference between a language and a dialect? What causes someone to have a...
On our Facebook group, Brett asks: “What do you call a society run by rabbits?” A carrotocracy? How about a whatsupdocracy? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Carrotocracy” On our Facebook group, Brett Palmer...