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shoeicide bomber

noun

Etymology

Blend of shoe + suicide bomber.

Definitions

  1. A suicide bomber who conceals explosive devices within his or her shoes.

    • Tamil Tiger rebels who see suicide bombing as a privilege have protected their leader from potential “shoeicide” bombers. A hardcore group had to remove shoes worn for at least nine hours by journalists and sniff socks.
    • Reid is the would-be ‘shoeicide’ bomber who was apprehended in midair during early 2002 when he (almost comically) attempted to ignite a fuse in his shoes that were laden with plasitic explosives.

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