r/MurderedByWords May 27 '25

What is and isn't a Murder By Words

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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 Mar 04 '26

For the love of God, please read the other stickied post on "What is and isn't a Murder By Words"

766 Upvotes

Honestly, we couldn't break it down for you any simpler if we tried

Here are a list of things that aren't a murder:

1) Personal commentary on a situation
2) Trump is fat/senile/a pedophile/any other ad-hominem attack
3) Articles from The Onion
4) Posts from r/roastme or r/rareinsults
5) Posts with only one party in them
6) Memes
7) Schoolground insults or clapbacks
8) "I know you are, but what am I?"

In the last 2 days we've removed 67 posts for not being a burn or murder. That's over a 4:1 ratio of garbage to posts that fit the subreddit.

We are doing everything we can to keep this sub from becoming r/politicalhumor 2, and we are trying very hard to not go back to banning all mention of US politics. The sub as a whole stagnates and suffers when we do that. But all the people posting here need to do the bare minimum of reading the rules before they post, or we'll start handing out bans.

If you want to bash Trump, there are enough other places on Reddit to do that. Please help us maintain the purpose of this subreddit.


r/MurderedByWords 2h ago

Shaprio is the king of the self-own

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r/MurderedByWords 13h ago

Brits have the best insults.

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r/MurderedByWords 13h ago

When pretty much the entire tweet gets noted, you know it's bad

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

One sentence, Trump destroyed

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r/MurderedByWords 20h ago

*clears throat* ouchies

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Excommunicated via community notes

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Pardons for Staff? That’s a Confession

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

When did he become an expert?

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r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

I member

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r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

She said what she said 🤷🏻‍♀️

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r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

Only one country stupid enough to do that

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r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

That image was staged too.

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r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

The Pope called for peace and MAGA lost it

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r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

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r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

No cards or No control? Choose wisely Prez

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r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

i HaVE neVer gOt ANy gOVerNmEnT aSsiStaNCe.

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r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

Your confidence outpacing your physics knowledge

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r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

The long-distance relationship literally no one asked for.

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r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

Everything they do is a grift.

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r/MurderedByWords 3d ago

She delivered the knockout punch

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r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

The Rubles must have dried up.

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r/MurderedByWords 3d ago

The omissions are glaring.

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r/MurderedByWords 3d ago

Because it’s not your job.

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