Columbine

columbine English +, Colorado Pronunciation en /ˈkɒləmˌbaɪn/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-columbine.wav Southern England en /ˈkɑləmˌbaɪn/ GA Etymology 1 From en columbine. Proper noun en CDP co/Arapahoe County and co/Jefferson County s/Colorado c/USA. en Laura Smith-Spark Are mass killings on the increase? Criminologist says no w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/03/us/us-mass-killings 2012-04-03 In 1999 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, 18-year-old Eric Harris and 17-year-old Dylan Klebold killed 12 of their fellow students and a teacher before taking their own lives in the school library. https://web.archive.org/web/20210614212732/https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/03/us/us-mass-killings/ The sweetheart of Harlequin in old pantomimes. en 1845 Leigh Hunt The Indicator: a Miscellany for the Fields and the Fireside 213 The Clown is a London cockney, with a prodigious eye to his own comfort and muffins,—a Lord Mayor's fool, who loved "everything that was good;" and Columbine is the boarding-school girl, ripe for running away with, and making a dance of it all the way from Chelsea to Gretna Green. Derived terms en Columbiner Etymology 2 From the school shooting that occurred at Columbine High School massacre Columbine High School in 1999. Noun en slang An incident in which someone shoots multiple people at a school. en 2005 Handbook of Children, Culture, and Violence Nancy E. Dowd; Dorothy G. Singer; Robin Fretwell Wilson 333 Research indicates that many children are afraid of “a Columbine” occurring in their school, or are concerned about other forms of school violence (Aronson, 2000; Garbarino & deLara, 2002; Gaughan et al., 2001; National Association of Attorneys General, 2000). en 2011 The House of Shades C.M. Dabbah v Granted, I'm not exactly grabbing an ax and going to town or pulling a “Columbine” but the idea of engaging in such activities has crossed my twisted little mind and plagued my black little heart in dreams only. en 2012 The Blue Wore Through: Collected Works of John Patton O'dell John Patton O'Dell I remember the second song that played was “Run to the Hills.” I thought my head was going to explode, thinking we were ten minutes away from a Columbine. en 2013 Lockdown High: When the Schoolhouse Becomes a Jailhouse Annette Fuentes You've got people in your schools right now plotting a Columbine. en 2014 Let Me Be Frank With You: A Frank Bascombe Book Richard Ford The suburbs are supposedly where nothing happens, like Auden said about what poetry doesn't do; an overinhabited faux terrain dozing in inertia, occasionally disrupted by “a Columbine” or “an Oklahoma City” or a hurricane to remind us what's really real. en Stock characters Comedy Historical events Murder Violence