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Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
Definition
(Noun) The 1929 all-at-once Chicago gangland style murders - on Saint Valentine's Day: what a coincidence! - of seven men associated with the Bugs Moran Gang to one extent or another.Usage: When Bugs Moran loudly proclaimed that Al Capone was behind the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre (and it's widely thought that he was), Capone cracked "They don't call him 'Bugs' for nothing."
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