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Seattle's ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Museum of Pop Culture drew criticism in 2024 for a Nirvana exhibit placard saying Kurt Cobain 'un-alived himself'.

The ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠slang sense is traced to a 2013 Ultimate Spider-Man episode where Deadpool jokingly vows to 'unalive' a villain instead of saying kill.

Linguist ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Adam Aleksic says middle schoolers now write essays about Hamlet 'unaliving' himself.