Animals, Insects, & Birds Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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Non-plant life forms other than humans: wildlife, domesticated creatures, insects, fish, shellfish, mammals, birds, pets, etc. You can also see entries assigned to this category.

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belton n. According to the official AKC glossary of canine terms, “belton” is defined as an intermingling of white with colored hairs. English setters may be orange, liver or lemon belton, tri-colored or blue belton, which is described as “white with black markings.” [English Animals, Insects, & Birds] [full cite] (Jan. 11, 2005)

berry n. Berries - Lobster eggs. Conscientious, law-abiding lobstermen will gently return a berried female back to the water after V-notching her tail, indicating to others that she’s a valuable resource. Her 10,000 or so eggs, carried on the outside of her shell, will be released after 9 or 10 months, and of these, about 10 of them will survive. That’s 1/10 of 1 percent who even have a whiff of a chance of reaching maturity. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 17, 2007)

big snip n. Taking me to the vet for "the big snip," then acting surprised when I freak out every time we go back. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Health Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 18, 2007)

biobigotry n. Biobigotry is different from the impulse to avoid organisms that can hurt or sicken us, like yellow jackets, mosquitoes or poison ivy, or to fend off traditional household pests like mice and roaches. Rather, it is the dislike we direct toward creatures that live outdoors and generally mind their own business, but that behave in ways we find rude, irritating, selfish or contemptible. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds New or Nonce] [full cite] (Apr. 29, 2008)

bioconservative n. Threatening that future, writes Ronald Bailey, are bioconservatives. A loose coalition of both the political left and right, they seek to halt the creation of this new world fearing a change in what it means to be human. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Environment Politics] [full cite] (Mar. 18, 2006)

bird peck n. Sapsuckers are unwitting heroes to many creatures, but in the eyes of the timber industry, not so much. Timber people hate sapsuckers because they feel the birds damage the trees (unlike them, who only cut the entire tree down). They even have a name for lumber that has sapsucker damage. It’s called “bird peck.” Really, it is. That’s a rather cute name coming from guys who carry chain saws all day long. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Environment] [full cite] (Feb. 1, 2007)

bitza n. Powering the new Teo is the same engine that saw out the end of last season, the same “old bitza” as Mark likes to call it. Indeed it is an engine with some history amongst the team, containing some of the original components from the very first Ford engine campaigned by Mark’s father Steve in his farewell season in the last 1990’s. [English Australia United Kingdom Animals, Insects, & Birds Colloquial Abbreviation] [full cite] (Oct. 19, 2007)

black dog syndrome n. But black dogs? While searching for a companion for George Bailey, Gregg was shocked to see a banner on an Ohio animal shelter’s Web site that detailed how tough it is for big dogs with black coats to find homes.…To the uninitiated, the idea seems so strange—doggie discrimination? But among those in animal rescue circles, the phenomenon is commonplace enough to have earned its own name: “black dog syndrome.” [English Animals, Insects, & Birds] [full cite] (Mar. 13, 2008)

black fish n. Share fishermen, who are classified self-employed, receive a share of the profits or gross earnings of a fishing boat but research from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed that share fishermen often don’t save for tax and national insurance, and this can cause difficulty when the tax bill finally arrives. There have been several prosecutions brought over what has been labelled “black fish’ caught without any tax being paid. [English United Kingdom Animals, Insects, & Birds Crime & Prisons Jargon] [full cite] (May. 24, 2007)

blue juice n. If the treatment is harsher than the disease, and chances of recovery are low, say hello to the blue juice. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Slang] [full cite] (May. 23, 2006)

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