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Comment by CoastalCoder

6 days ago

Language evolves, like it or not.

In 2025 English, suicide is most commonly a noun.

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bigstrat2003  5 days ago

Suicide has never been a verb in English in my 40 years on this earth. The OP claiming it is a verb is... really odd.

whycome  6 days ago

There’s probably a near future where “unalived” becomes an unironic and accepted descriptor.

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