Kill It With Fire

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2009-05-17T06:56:29Z

1982

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Kill It With Fire <h2>Origin</h2> <p>Mankind has been killing things with fire since our early ancestors, so if something undesireable needs to be done away with, fire is a tried and true way. Now the term “kill it with fire” or often “<span class="caps">KILL</span> IT <span class="caps">WITH</span> <span class="caps">FIRE</span>” seems to have peaked once in 2007, before finally gaining a foothold online in 2008. according to google trends.</p> <p><img src="http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww138/Captain_Blubber/stats.png" alt="" /></p> <p>The earliest instance we could find was <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/28/bay-area_furries/comments/">here</a> in a comments section on an article about furries, but whether this is the first instance or just someone posting what they saw on another website is unknown.</p> <p>“Kill it with fire” is believed to be a reference to the 1982 John Carpenter classic <a href=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/>The Thing</a>.</p> <h2>Usage</h2> <p>The term “kill it with fire” is used to respond to a post where something is so disgusting that the only emotion in your complete being is to burn that motherf*cker down. The term is also placed on pictures with flamethrowers and their ilk to show <em>how much</em> fire should be used in the situation at hand.</p> <h2>Further resources</h2> <ul> <li><a href=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KillItWithFire>TV Tropes</a></li> </ul>

2009-10-15T02:24:36Z

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