"body count" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: body counts [plural]
Etymology: Coined by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War in the sense "number of killed enemy combatants", in 1962 according to Merriam-Webster. In the late 2010s, it has also come to use to denote the number of sexual partners an individual has had. Head templates: {{en-noun}} body count (plural body counts)
  1. The number of persons or bodies counted as casualties, especially of those killed. Synonyms: bodycount
    Sense id: en-body_count-en-noun-kMP3fjqp
  2. (slang) The total number of sexual partners of a given individual. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-body_count-en-noun-Og8WkLyr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 72

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