JFK

proper noun

1. 1

   Buildings, facilities, ships, bridges, highways, and other public works informally known as the JFK or JFK, especially John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City.

   I flew into JFK, then took a cab to my hotel in Manhattan

   Fortunately, most of these were former French colonies, and through a combination of quiet diplomacy and well-placed French nationals in the various air-traffic-control centers, the 300-mile-long stream of American aircraft flew the width of Africa as uneventfully as a red-eye flight from LAX to JFK.

2. 2

   Buildings, facilities, ships, bridges, highways, and other public works informally known as the JFK or JFK, especially John F. Kennedy Federal Building, Boston, MA.

3. 3

   Buildings, facilities, ships, bridges, highways, and other public works informally known as the JFK or JFK, especially John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge, Louisville, KY.

   Traffic on the JFK was delayed by construction of the new bridge.

4. 4

   Buildings, facilities, ships, bridges, highways, and other public works informally known as the JFK or JFK, especially Either of two aircraft carriers of the US Navy: USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)

5. 5

   Buildings, facilities, ships, bridges, highways, and other public works informally known as the JFK or JFK, especially Either of two aircraft carriers of the US Navy: USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)

6. 6

   Buildings, facilities, ships, bridges, highways, and other public works informally known as the JFK or JFK, especially Any of numerous schools in the US.

   Steubenville beat JFK, scoring in the final minute of play.

7. 7

   Variant of John Fitzgerald KennedyInitialism of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th US president (served 1961–1963).

   Or the company may not want the internet to be filled with Ghiblified photos of the 9/11 terror attacks, or Jeffrey Epstein hanging out with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, or the JFK assassination — all of which have gone viral on X.

noun

1. 1

   A half-dollar coin in honor of president John F. Kennedy.

verb

1. 1

   slangTo put to death; to assassinate, especially for political reasons.

   I am not saying choosing McCain would necesarrily^([sic]) lead to Kerry getting JFKed but Democratic presidential runners need to be aware of the problem.

   The way he is decimating the CIA will more likely get him JFKed.

   If Obama tried to do the right thing he'd be JFKed. If Obama tried to live up to his promises, if he opposed the neocons and military-industrial complex ...

2. 2

   slangTo conduct research about the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

   This may seem a little presumptious, but I feel that this group is pretty much JFKed out.

   I'm going to give 'nobody' the benifit^([sic]) of the doubt , seeing by his own admission that he's been JFKing it for just a couple of months now .

   The point is that the JFK world is a very polarized world, and it does not reflect the general population. In a word, JFKing can screw-up a person's head. Look at the ridiculous assertion of Robert Harris from the other day where he said that he took Ruby's shooting of Oswald as a clear sign that Oswald was guilty.

3. 3

   slangTo hold similar political beliefs or behave in a similar manner to John F. Kennedy.

   (from the standard code-word remark "I'm a JFK liberal") Examples: "He's useless...he JFKed a long time ago",

   JFKing is symbiotically related to the "Even Some Liberals Agree" gambit, since JFKers quickly establish their roles as the reliable house liberals who provide neocons with all their even-some-liberals-agree examples.

   He could've JFKed all the overweight babes he wanted to and that's that.

Forms

plural

JFKs

past tense

JFKed

past participle

JFKed

present participle

JFKing

third person singular

JFKs