killer-diller

noun

¦kilə(r)¦dilə(r)

plural -s

slang

: something highly and usually factitiously sensational of its kind

plot hocus-pocus and killer-diller battles between good and evil

—Jean Garrigue

killer-diller love scenes

—C. J. Rolo

Word History

Etymology

reduplication of killer

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