Do you use kill or KO word when you kill/KO Pokémon?

[Blizz]

I want to know which word you use. Kill or KO? I personally use KO word because kill would be little brutal. Which sounds better? "I just killed Pokémon." or "I just KO'd Pokémon. So I want to know opinions. :)

 

[Ephemeral Euphoria]

I usually say KO, suits trainer battles more IMO.

 

[The Corrupt Plague]

I have a habit of using both words interchangeably for no apparent reason.

 

[blue]

I say defeated, it's not quite kill and not quite K.O.

 

[Oryx]

I say kill, because kill is one syllable and I'm lazy.

 

[Mr Cat Dog]

I use kill and faint interchangeably when describing a successful Pokemon battle. I know they don't actually die when their HP goes to 0, but saying 'kill' has a much more final ring to it... as if you're never going to be bothered by this critter again. Obviously that's not true, but it's part of my weird-ass thought process.

 

[mondays suck]

Tot.
Because there is no point in using English words when I don't have to, and the adjective 'tot' (=dead) is way shorter than any other common death-related word and like Toujours I'm lazy, so...

 

[Sydian]

I say kill. It's one syllable and I'm lazy. ...didn't someone just say that? Lolol

 

[PlatinumDude]

For the most part, I use kill in-game and KO competititvely.

 

[Squirrel]

I use KO. Can you imagine killing a tiny little Pachirisu? ;o; -heart rips in two-

 

[deoxys121]

I don't say Kill or KO. I just say to my DS "bye-bye." XD

 

[The 100 Mega Shock]

I'd just use kill/die as common colloquialisms for losing a player in most games. Probably because games quickly adopted the concept of characters having "lives".

For what it's worth, the internal filename for the fainting sound is named POKE_DEAD.

 

[Pixel!]

Well, I use destroy(when it's OHKO,or 2HKO), defeat,faint,kill,KO. So I'm eclectic when it comes to choosing this.

 

[Khall]

I interchangeably use the words 'kill' and 'defeat' ...

 

[Nash Bandicoot]

Kill and if my pokemon feints I say it died

 

[Snivy063]

Never used any of the words, kill is kind of a violent to hear, so I just say '' I defeated it '' ~ :)

 

[Legendary Silke]

KO is what's intended. Fainting is what's intended. It's been like that since the beginning. Using "kill" doesn't make sense when it's an entirely separate concept. So I always avoid using "kill" when it isn't what's happening.

 

[NidoJosh]

I say kill, because kill is one syllable and I'm lazy.

^This
See I'm too lazy to even write it myself

 

[miltankRancher]

Kill is to violent a word. I always use "defeated". Well, since I am a Filipino, I use my mother tongue's version which is "natalo." Trashed is also a good word.

 

[Polizard]

I usually just say something like I just whipped your a** fool. or Bye Bye or something stupid i dont think i ever use KO or KIll