noun
1. an incredibly deadly disinfectant for combs razors and scissors that is capable of killing germs, the AIDS virus, and various forms of hepatitis.*
Every barber shop has a big blue container labelled: barbicide.
Synonyms: germicide, incredibly-deadly blue stuff.
*If this sounds like the term one would use for the crime of killing barbers (or worse, Barbie dolls), that's because it kind of is. In 1947, the product was invented by Maurice King, a man who hated barbers and was aware of the solution's incredibly deadly properties. He called it "Barbicide" as a secret joke because "barbicide" literally meant "to kill a barber."
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