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Noun

death panel ‎(plural death panels)

1. (US, originally in right-wing discourse, otherwise humorous) A fictitious government committee which is responsible for choosing which of various patients will receive healthcare, and which withholds life-saving treatment from some in order to reduce costs.^[1]

See also

• Palinism
• Appendix:American Dialect Society most outrageous words of the year

References

1. ↑ “'Tweet' 2009 Word of the Year, 'Google' Word of the Decade, as voted by American Dialect Society”, in (Please provide the title of the work), American Dialect Society, January 8, 2010, retrieved October 8, 2010