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It’s funny, Judas is used as an adjective in other contexts too, like a Judas gate, Judas hole or Judas window, the last often abbreviated as just “Judas”. Are there others?

Then there was that short story by George R. R. Martin, “The Way of Cross and Dragon".

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I had never heard of these and had to look them up:

"Judas gate": A small door or gate (still large enough to pass through, I think) set into a larger door or gate (as in a factory).

"Judas door": A small hole in a door through which a person can spy without being seen from the other side. Or sometimes also the same as the Judas gate.

"Judas hole": A peephole

Peepholes are simply referred to as "Judas" in French, I don't think there's even another word for them.

Similarly in Polish ("judasz"). The more formal term is "wizjer", though that can also refer to "helmet visor" or "camera viewfinder".

Man, imagine making a mistake so bad your name becomes synonymous with "betrayal" for thousands of years in languages around the world.

Benedict Arnold thought he had it rough until he remembered Judas.

I wanted to look smart and find other uses of Judas, there's a bit of a rabbit hole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Judas

For some reason, the term "Judas phone" redirects to the iphone 4 page.

Judas pig, rat, sheep and steer all redirect to Judas goat.

There's a Judas' Belt, a firecracker that would be strapped to a paper mache effigy depicting Judas.

People who were _really_ upset about the whole "holding it wrong" thing, perhaps?

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