body count

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#1·1d ago

(slang) The total number of sexual partners of a given individual.

In addition to racking up what looks like a substantial offscreen body count, the movie at one point offers an eight-second introduction for a sleazy used-car salesman character for the sole purpose of justifying Tripp and Creech laying …

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#2·1d ago

The number of persons or bodies counted as casualties, especially fatalities, or victims.

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Origin: Coined by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War in the sense "number of killed enemy combatants", in 1962 according to Merriam-Webster. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#3·1d ago

(of a killer, especially a serial killer) The number of people who have been killed by a given individual.

Navy Lt. Cole Cowden, accused of indecent assault and conduct unbecoming an officer at the 1991 Tailhook convention, says he is the target of a quest for a 'body count' in the investigation and not because he did anything wrong at the an…

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