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		CoastalCoder 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: At Least 13 People Died by Suicide Amid U.K. Post ... Language evolves, like it or not. In 2025 English, suicide is most commonly a noun.

bigstrat2003 6 months ago | [–]

Suicide has never been a verb in English in my 40 years on this earth. The OP claiming it is a verb is... really odd.

whycome 6 months ago | [–]

There’s probably a near future where “unalived” becomes an unironic and accepted descriptor.

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