"an hero" meaning in English

See an hero in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: an heroes [plural], an heros [plural]
Etymology: Originated as a meme on the /b/ board of the 4chan community. Inspired by a grammatical error in a poem written and posted by a classmate to the MySpace memorial page of a teenager who committed suicide in 2006. Head templates: {{en-noun|an heroes|s}} an hero (plural an heroes or an heros)
  1. (Internet slang) A suicidee; one who commits suicide. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet memes
    Sense id: en-an_hero-en-noun-uQkvJsXq Disambiguation of Internet memes: 79 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 88 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: anhero

Verb

Forms: an heros [present, singular, third-person], an heroing [participle, present], an heroed [participle, past], an heroed [past]
Etymology: Originated as a meme on the /b/ board of the 4chan community. Inspired by a grammatical error in a poem written and posted by a classmate to the MySpace memorial page of a teenager who committed suicide in 2006. Head templates: {{en-verb}} an hero (third-person singular simple present an heros, present participle an heroing, simple past and past participle an heroed)
  1. (Internet slang, transitive, intransitive) To commit suicide. Tags: Internet, intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Suicide Translations (to commit suicide (internet slang)): sankaroitua (Finnish), bohatyrnąć (Polish)
    Sense id: en-an_hero-en-verb-nOopBRgs Disambiguation of Suicide: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: anhero

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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