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kryptonite

sustantivoverboatestiguado en diálogos

  • //ˈkɹɪptənaɪt//

The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable.

sustantivo

  1. 1

    figuradoThe one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable.

    The terrific seven-grain bread here is the kryptonite of restaurant reviewers: two mini-loaves and you are incapacitated.

    So while recording or sampling a Charlie Manson track […] makes for shock rock kudos aplenty, a devotion to Hubbard is kryptonite for credibility.

    We all have our own kryptonite or kryptonites, so don't tempt yourself by listening to so-called friends who are just demonic tools being used to bring you under.

    But of course porn is kryptonite to many investors.

  2. 2

    jergaCrack cocaine.

Etimología

From a fictional radioactive element, kryptonite, that has a detrimental effect on the otherwise invulnerable character Superman. Formed from Superman's home planet Krypton + -ite, which was named after the chemical element krypton.

verbo

  1. 1

    To expose to, or attack with, kryptonite.

    And even those two were pretty puny, like Superman after he had been kryptonited.

  2. 2

    figuradoTo destroy, wreck, or ruin; to affect adversely, as Superman is affected by kryptonite.

Formas

plural
kryptonites
pasado
kryptonited
participio
kryptonited
gerundio
kryptoniting
3.ª persona del singular
kryptonites
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