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they will kill you
/ðeɪ wɪl kɪl juː/
Definition
1
A dramatic warning phrase indicating that a group of people (often unspecified) will respond with lethal force or severe consequences to one's actions.
2
Hyperbolically used in casual speech to emphasize extreme disapproval, backlash, or danger from peers, colleagues, or society at large.
3
In modern slang, a tongue-in-cheek alert to social suicide, like spilling tea on the wrong group chat.
Examples
If you swipe right on their ex at the office party, they will kill you.
Post that unfiltered vacation pic with the messy hair, and they will kill you.
Borrow dad's vintage vinyl without asking, and they will kill you.
Spoil the plot twist in the group chat, and they will kill you.