an hero

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an hero

  • /æn ˈhɪəɹəʊ/

Where it comes from

Originated as a meme on the /b/ board of the 4chan community. Inspired by a grammatical error in a poem written and posted by a classmate to the MySpace memorial page of a teenager who committed suicide in 2006.

verb an heros · an heroes · an heroing · an heroed · anhero

  1. Internet, intransitive, transitive To commit suicide. So an hero already.

    Similar: commit die

noun an heroes · an heros · anhero

  1. Internet A suicidee; one who commits suicide. In the clip, Dave Mustaine (our hero of the story, yet not yet "an hero") is shown recording "Through the Darkest Hour" a song about wanting to kill yourself because your bird left you.

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verb to commit suicide (internet slang)

Русскийроскомнадзорнуться roskomnadzornutʹsja

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@misc{an_hero_2026,
  title = {an hero},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/an%20hero},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}