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- blow one's brains out
blow one's brains out
blow one's brains out
Shoot oneself in the head, as in Blowing one's brains out is more a man's type of suicide; women lean toward poison. [Early 1800s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| ÅSe | | AW-se (Swedish) | Danish, Norwegian, Swedish |
| Eleanor | | EL-ə-nawr | English |
| Grethe | | - | Danish, Norwegian |
| Pericles | | PER-i-kleez (English) | Ancient Greek (Latinized) |
| AndrÉ | | awn-DRE (French), an-DRE (Portuguese) | French, Portuguese |
| Lela | | - | English |