famacide means A slanderer or person who destroys another's reputation. It carries an Arena rating of 1583, earned across 12 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, famacide ranks #4,598 of 12,348 for The Improbable, #5,464 of 12,577 for Funniest Words, #7,257 of 12,556 for Most Satisfying to Say, #8,419 of 12,315 for Most Ponderous Words.
Why “famacide” is a great word
The deliberate and systematic annihilation of another person's reputation, a social murder. From the Latin fāma ("report, reputation, fame") and the combining form -cide ("killer," from caedere, "to cut, to kill"). Unlike a libeler, who commits a specific, publishable crime, or a detractor, who may merely disparage, a famacide orchestrates total character ruin by any means necessary. It is the slow poison of rumor seeping into the groundwater of a community, the expertly placed shard of doubt that causes a life's work to shatter, and the relentless erosion of a name until nothing solid remains to stand on—a quiet violence that leaves its victim breathing, but forever undone.
Etymology
From Latin fāma (“reputation”) + -cide.
noun
- A slanderer or person who destroys another's reputation