English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a likening of the appearance of a crocodilian waiting to ambush prey to that of a log submerged in water.
murder log (plural murder logs)
- (Internet slang, humorous) An alligator or crocodile.
2018 April 16, Dan Broadbent (@aSciEnthusiast), Twitter[1]:They tell us the murder logs are *not* NASA employees.
2018 April 20, Jason Herbert, Ph.D. (@HerbertHistory), Twitter[2]:Teaching in Florida is great because there are always murder logs outside your classroom. #alligator
2020 September 29, Liset (@Krzwyf), Twitter[3]:Toss in some “murder logs” and you have the best moat ever
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:murder log.