Killed or murdered someone, typically used in informal or criminal contexts.
From the phrasal verb 'to off,' meaning to kill, which emerged in American slang around the 1960s. Likely derived from the idea of turning something 'off' permanently, like switching off a light or machine.
The casual nature of 'offed' - as simple as flipping a switch - reveals something chilling about how violence gets normalized in language. It transforms the gravity of murder into something as mundane as turning off an appliance, showing how slang can both conceal and reveal cultural attitudes.
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