KRYPTONITE

PRONUNCIATION: (KRIP-tuh-nyt)

MEANING: noun: A vulnerability, especially in someone who seems otherwise unstoppable.

ETYMOLOGY: After Krypton, Superman’s home planet, whose explosion scattered radioactive kryptonite. Earliest documented use: 1943.
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KRYPTONIZE - to blow your own planet to smithereens

KAY-P TONITE - don't look now, but it's your day for potato-peeling duty

KRY TONITE - what you'll do when you break up with your baby this afternoon