9/11
noun/naɪn.əˈlɛ.vən/
Etymology From the date September 11 written in numbers according the format often used in the United States, which puts the month before the day.
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September 11, a date of the calendar.
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An event comparable to the September 11 attacks.
- Eleven million Spaniards responded to "their 9/11" by demonstrating in the rain against terrorism and their government's policies.2005, Peter H. Merkl, The Rift Between America And Old Europe: The Distracted Eagle, Routledge, page 73:
- Moussaoui says he wants more 9/11s [title]2006 April 14, “Moussaoui says he wants more 9/11s”, in The Age:
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- But experts who have studied these other "9/11s" say some offer important revelations, by comparison, about how America responded to its own.2006, Michael Weissenstein, “Nations respond to their '9/11s'”, in International Institute for Strategic Studies, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2008:
- Jordanians referred to this horrific event as "their 9-11".2007, David E. Long, Bernard Reich, Mark Gasiorowski, The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa:
- IDF says fighting is ongoing in south, saying it ‘could be a 9/11 and a Pearl Harbour wrapped into one’ as Supernova festival-goers describe attack[.]2023 October 9, Ben Doherty, “Israel military says situation ‘dire’ in south as 260 bodies retrieved from festival”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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Internet, Humorous A negative event that a person or a group of people have experienced whose impact is, hyperbolically, comparable to that of the September 11 attacks.
- This was my 9/11.
- 9/11 for unfunny people
- Synonyms
- September eleventh
- Derived terms
- 9/11sona
- Related terms
- Roman Empire