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Re:Coinbase stock lost over 75% value by jhugo on Monday May 09, 2022 @10:30PM (#31322714)
> It's a bit awkward since "poisonous" refers to things you eat

poisonous (adj.)

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2. (figuratively) Negative, harmful.

Synonym: toxic

Re:Coinbase stock lost over 75% value by Izkata on Monday May 09, 2022 @11:00PM (#31322933)
Not a synonym, at least by the nouns they're based on. Toxin is a parent category that encompasses both poisons and venoms.

Poisons are something you do to yourself (usually by ingestion), venoms are injected by the other organism (such as a snake bite).

Re:Coinbase stock lost over 75% value by jhugo on Monday May 09, 2022 @11:10PM (#31322995)
I quoted from Wiktionary, feel free to update the definition there (with sources) if you disagree. Note that the "Synonym: toxic" appears underneath the second (figurative) definition, and in my opinion is perfectly correct; in figurative use poisonous and toxic are used in the same way.