Citations:Voldemort

Noun: "an evil, harmful, or widely feared person or thing"

 * 2004, Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture, Spring 2004, page 58:
 * Bush may believe his Ashcroft-lite religiosity, but the evil lies in how he being used by the Voldemorts of corporatism, wealth, Big Media, and Big Oil.
 * 2006, John Feinstein, Last Dance: Behind the Scenes at the Final Four, Little, Brown and Company (2006), ISBN 9780316050067, unnumbered page:
 * All was forgiven. Not so in Kansas: he became the Voldemort of the Plains.
 * 2006, Mary Lou George, Spirit, Bookstrand (2008), ISBN 1606010964, page 116:
 * I swear to stay absolutely sober until the Voldemort in the library is defeated.”
 * 2009, Matthew Latimer, Speech-Less: Tales of a White House Survivor, Three Rivers Press (2009), ISBN 9780307464293, page 225:
 * He'd turned out to be less a Voldemort than a Boris Badenov chasing Rocky and Bullwinkle.
 * 2009, Wendy Leigh, Patrick Swayze: One Last Dance, Simon Spotlight Entertainment (2009), ISBN 9781439149973, page 72:
 * And in the wake of his father's tragic death, drink became one of the leitmotifs of his existence, the Voldemort of his soul against which he would be compelled to battle on almost a daily basis.
 * 2011, Kevin O'Leary, Cold Hard Truth: On Business, Money & Life, Doubleday (2011), ISBN 9780385671750, unnumbered page:
 * I'm often called the Mean One, the one to be feared, even the Voldemort of Capitalism.
 * 2011, Scott M. Tyson, The Unobservable Universe: A Paradox-Free Framework for Understanding the Universe, Galaxia Way (2011), ISBN 9780983243809, page 139:
 * The prospect that physics is inconsistent throughout the time and space of our universe is the “Voldemort” of science.
 * 2012, G. M. Malliet, A Fatal Winter, Constable & Robinson (2012), ISBN 9781472106247, unnumbered page:
 * Oscar has been called the Voldemort of Fleet Street by both friends and enemies. He was apparently ruthless in all his business dealings.'
 * 2012, B. J. Mendelson, Social Media Is Bullshit, St. Martin's Press (2012), ISBN 9781250002952, unnumbered page:
 * If you asked me to identify a Voldemort in the myth of “social media,” it would be these people, and not guys like Gary Vaynerchuk.
 * 2013, Michael Cornfield, "Twelve for 2012: Consequential Choices by the Obama and Romney Presidential Campaigns", in Campaigning for President 2012: Strategy and Tactics (ed. Dennis W. Johnson), Routledge (2013), ISBN 9781135016500, page 229:
 * He dared not mention the name of George W. Bush, the Voldemort of American politics.
 * 2013, Robert H. Lustig, Heather Millar, & Cindy Gershen, The Fat Chance Cookbook: More Than 100 Recipes Ready in Under 30 Minutes to Help You Lose the Sugar and the Weight, Hudson Street Press (2013), ISBN 9781594632945, unnumbered page:
 * Fructose is the Voldemort of the metabolic syndrome pandemic: stealthy, ever-present, and bad for the common good.
 * 2014, Richard M. Perloff, The Dynamics of Political Communication: Media and Politics in a Digital Age, Routledge (2014), ISBN 9780415531832, unnumbered page:
 * They are the Darth Vader, the Voldemort of contemporary politics, “the electronic equivalent of the plague” (West, p. 70; see Figure 15.2). Few aspects of modern politics generate as much criticism as negative political commercials.
 * They are the Darth Vader, the Voldemort of contemporary politics, “the electronic equivalent of the plague” (West, p. 70; see Figure 15.2). Few aspects of modern politics generate as much criticism as negative political commercials.

Verb: "to subject to a prohibition on naming directly"








Verb: "to whoosh" (like Voldemort in the movies, etc)

 * 2015, Alex Wheatle, Liccle Bit, Atom (ISBN 9780349002002):
 * McKay was still shaking his head but Jonah was nodding. &#39;Step with me,&#39; Manjaro insisted. I stood up. Manjaro placed a hand on my shoulder and smiled. Something cold Voldemorted through every artery in my body. We started walking.