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      [Noun]  | "cruel and unusual punishment" 


      1: punishment that is very harsh and too severe for the crime

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       [ "cruel and unusual punishment" ]

      1: see school

        * e.g.,  ... school is a cruel and unusual punishment 

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      1: Back in the day,when parents were allowed to spank their children as means of last resort,occasionally a mother would make a wayward child go outside and select a willowy branch which would be used to "switch" the naked legs.Having to select the instrument of your punishment was considered cruel and unusual punishment.Sometime this was pre-punishment as indicated by "And just you wait until your dad gets home".

        * e.g.,  ... I would alway get a Forsythia branch as the device of my cruel and unusual punishment. 

       [ "Cruel and Unusual Punishment" ]

      1: See Kidz Bop.

        * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Instead of detention, Mr. Jones made me listen to Kidz Bop in a van full of 10 year olds for an hour! It was Cruel and Unusual Punishment.  

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