Amicicide

[Laurence Horn]

>At 9/29/2005 10:34 AM, James D. SMITH wrote:
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>>My first take on this was It. amici + cide.
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>As performed by the Mafia:  Don Amici.
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>Joel

;-)

But the Italianate version sounds a bit too much like "Amechecide",
what one would like to commit after a string of particularly annoying
phone calls.

Larry