# Did Eskimos put their elderly on ice floes to die?

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [February 13, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-eskimos-put-their-elderly-on-ice-floes-to-die/612741 "2012-02-13T20:29:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidleewilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@davidleewilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidleewilson)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-eskimos-put-their-elderly-on-ice-floes-to-die/612741/1 "2012-02-13T20:29:06Z")

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fyi - the OED has ‘senicide’ but not ‘senilicide’

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**Author:** ![ExcitedIdiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ea5d25/32.png) [@ExcitedIdiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExcitedIdiot)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-eskimos-put-their-elderly-on-ice-floes-to-die/612741/2 "2012-02-13T22:25:24Z")

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Link to the original article:[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2160/did-eskimos-put-their-elderly-on-ice-floes-to-die](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2160/did-eskimos-put-their-elderly-on-ice-floes-to-die)