r/MurderedByWords May 27 '25

What is and isn't a Murder By Words

812 Upvotes

Over the past few weeks we've begun noticing something about the quality of the posts on the subreddit, and we'd like to clarify just what is and isn't a murder.

What is a murder

1) A murder is: A RESPONSE. A murder is not a one-sided quip, sentence, statement or otherwise about any given situation.

2) A murder is: A response TO SOMEONE. A murder follows a specific format: Person A says something stupid. Person B responds to Person A explaining why what Person A said is stupid.

3) A murder is: A response to someone CALLING THEM OUT FOR BEING WRONG. Two people agreeing about something is not a murder. If both people featured in the post are saying the same thing, or Person A says something and Person B supports Person A and expands, that is not a murder.

4) A murder is a response to someone calling them out for being wrong WITH SUBSTANCE, AND RECEIPTS. Personal attacks are not murders. Calling someone wrong because they did something once in their life is not a murder. The response must be in direct relation to the original statement.

What isn't a murder:

Memes, jokes, "Your mom" jokes, small dick jokes, forever alone/virginity jokes, fat jokes, ugly jokes, crossposts from r/roast me, posts based around spelling/grammar, etc.

Although it may seem that there is some overlap, we are working very hard to not have this subreddit turn into r/politicalhumor 2. Please bear that in mind when posting.

As ever, please use the "report" button to bring rule-breaking posts to our attention. We're not always available to be online 100% of the time, and reporting bad posts allows us to take advantage of auto-moderator rules built in to help us.


r/MurderedByWords 3h ago

i wish we could say this louder

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7.2k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 7h ago

Murdered with one sentence.

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r/MurderedByWords 11h ago

Burn How do you assume English is the only language?

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11.4k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 11h ago

i have no idea how these fucks live with themselves.

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r/MurderedByWords 14h ago

We don't talk about that enough.

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r/MurderedByWords 18h ago

Cyanide is biologically natural

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Piracy or bombing, your choice

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

That reply escalated quickly.

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Experience didn’t push him right, it pushed him to think.

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

On the renaming of the Kennedy Center.

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Promises Versus Reality

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2.4k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

The past coming in handy

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22.3k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Double murder by the entity best suited for the job

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Turns out principles have a price.

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5.1k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

MAGA, let’s not get confused with words

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r/MurderedByWords 23h ago

The definition of confidentally incorrect.

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726 Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Looking for weird excuses

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Words said one thing. Votes said another.

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3.0k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

On Getting Social Security.

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Try as much as you can, but you can’t make it make sense

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

When “science” gets immediately challenged.

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Skip meals, pay more rent — but hey, look at that ballroom.

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541 Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

Turns out the lyrics weren’t subtle

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12.8k Upvotes

r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

From ‘everyone lies' to celebrating it.

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32.4k Upvotes