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    [Verb]  | "per*ish" | \ ˈper-ish \


    1: to become destroyed or ruined : cease to exist

    2: deteriorate, spoil

    3: to cause to die : destroy


    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English perisshen, from Anglo-French periss-, stem of perir, from Latin perire, from per- detrimentally + ire to go {mat|per-|}, {mat|issue:1|};

    [Idiom]  | "perish the thought" 


    1: —used to say that something will not happen or that one hopes that something will not happen

    [Verb]  | "perish" 


    1: to stop living;


      * e.g., " ... 12 people perished in the plane crash "





    2: to go through decomposition;


      * e.g., " ... after being left out in the summer heat, the milk perished and had to be thrown out "



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     [ "perish" ]

    1: To die or be destroyed, or disappear gradually

      * e.g.,  ... "I shall perish" (I am going to die) 

     [ "perish" ]

    1: what i want to do.

      * e.g.,  ... Me: I wanna perish. 

     [ "Perish" ]

    1: A action to diminish, kill, or destroy another.

      * e.g.,  ... Peasant: Please help me, i'll do anything! 

     [ "then perish" ]

    1: new way to tell someone to fucking die

      * e.g.,  ... then perish 

     [ "Perish" ]

    1: A basic bitch/THOT who deserves to die (perish).

      * e.g.,  ... I was walking through my college campus and passed by a girl drinking a Pumpkin Spice Latte, who was complaining to her friend about how her dad had gotten her a Mercedes instead of a Range Rover. Man, what a PERISH. 

     [ "perished" ]

    1: smashed, wasted, fucked up, out the game, destroyed, ruined

      * e.g.,  ... seen the state of him, he's fuckin perished !! what happened to your bet? it perished mate 

     [ "perishable food" ]

    1: FOOD THAT YOU SHOULD NOT BRING TO THE AVE. The likelihood that this food goes bad is 100%. An avetard will completely forget about this food in the pantry and let it go bad. When it goes bad, an avetard still won't give a shit, and will most likely eat it anyways no matter how old it is and how bad it smells. Most of the food at the Ave also most likely ends up being covered in mold.

      * e.g.,  ... Yea, Ian ate those beans that were just sitting on the counter for 3 weeks that smelled like shit even though I told him they were an example of a perishable food, he said they tasted good. 

     [ "Perish the Thot." ]

    1: An otherwise twist on the original definition for an unwelcomed thought combined with the definition of a promiscuous female.

      * e.g.,  ... You think I'd ever hook up with that ho? Perish the Thot. 

     [ "publish and perish" ]

    1: That awkward process of simultaneously publishing **amazing** scientific articles and realizing you still have literally zero chance at any career...ever. It is widely considered the realistic variant of the commonly known "publish or perish".

      * e.g.,  ... Kevin: I just published another paper in a highly reputable journal!! 

     [ "Millions will perish" ]

    1: A phrase used as a hyperbole to emphasize and exaggerate the devastation a particular decision might lead to.

      * e.g.,  ... Emma: "I can't wait for my birthday party this weekend! It's gonna be Taylor Swift themed!" 

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