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whodunit

noun

who·​dun·​it hü-ˈdə-nət How to pronounce whodunit (audio)
variants or less commonly whodunnit
: a detective story or mystery story

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In 1930, Donald Gordon, a book reviewer for News of Books, needed to come up with something to say about a rather unremarkable mystery novel called Half-Mast Murder. "A satisfactory whodunit," he wrote. The relatively new term (introduced only a year earlier) played fast and loose with spelling and grammar, but whodunit caught on anyway. Other writers tried respelling it who-done-it, and one even insisted on using whodidit, but those sanitized versions lacked the punch of the original and fell by the wayside. Whodunit became so popular that by 1939 at least one language pundit had declared it "already heavily overworked" and predicted it would "soon be dumped into the taboo bin." History has proven that prophecy false, and whodunit is still going strong.

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Jurors heard opening statements from the attorneys Monday morning, followed by witness testimony in a case the defense concedes is not a whodunit. Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022 But this starry whodunit is more directly tied to another West End staple, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2022 This whodunit features an entertaining cast, unexpected plot twists and clever nods to the original stories. Emily Mcclanathan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022 Evans stars as the grandson of Harlan Thrombey, a writer found dead under mysterious circumstances, in this delightful whodunit directed by Rian Johnson. Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Aug. 2022 Feeney sets her whodunit at a family reunion, where Daisy and six other Darkers, plus an honorary member of the clan gather at Seaglass, their crumbling house on a private island off the Cornish coast. Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post, 9 July 2022 In this comic whodunit, each episode is seen through a different character’s eyes — and stylized to match that character’s personality. Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2022 What follows is a puzzling and humorous whodunit featuring an ensemble cast that includes Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, David Oyelowo, Adrien Brody and Ruth Wilson. Orlando Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022 Finally, for a whodunit slasher the pace is all over the place, and with it the excitement. Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

alteration of who done it?

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of whodunit was in 1929

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