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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 22 October 2015 10:22:31PM *  1 point [-]

It's #2 - I've heard it used as an analogy to the D&D spells 'Power Word Stun' and '... Kill'. If you have an anonymous handle somewhere, then either in or out of its context, to hear of the other one could have a stunning and alarming effect.

In any case, I see from Fluttershy's comment that this is fairly public, in which case 'power word' does not apply.