Ein neues Wort ist geboren: Ehrenmord
In the last days, the german language has formalized the usage of several new words, related with things like credit crunch, afterhours partying, but also... honor killing.
The Ehrenmord word as I know it has been used in the past for kills caused by religious dogmas, like those existing in radical islamism. E.g. if your sister behaves imorally, you have the right(!) to kill her, ie, to perform an Ehrenmord !
HOWEVER, I can't stop thinking that usage of Ehrenmord has widespreaded since 2005 because of World of Warcraft.
The game has in deed a global impact.
2 comments:
Was the word coined by WoW originally in German in that form?
Yep. But it was WoW that made it come alive
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