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

Citations in the Category Animals, Insects, & Birds

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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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. Often, a pre-sedative injection of ketamine or some isofluorane gas is used to let the ferret doze off so they cannot feel the final step. The final step may be an intravenous injection of an overdose of a sedative or barbiturate (such as “blue juice” or “euthanol"). [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Slang] [full cite] (May. 23, 2006)

blue juice n. When I looked at it very closely, I could see that it was a newborn kitten, maybe just a few days old. At that time, I could hear the head Veterinary Technician (my boss) saying, “Just give it the blue juice (the liquid that is used for euthanasia) and throw it in the trash.” [English Animals, Insects, & Birds] [full cite] (May. 23, 2006)

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)

blue juice n. One step ahead of a shot of the “blue juice,” the Seattle Purebred Dog Rescue group stepped in and enlisted the aid of GroomingSPA and other businesses. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Slang] [full cite] (May. 23, 2006)

blue juice n. I’d really like to know why you’re crying “Blue Juice” for the rottie that bit the foal? Surely, working with police dogs you’d understand the defensive drives of rotties or even appreciate that the dog might be useful in other areas? [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Slang] [full cite] (May. 23, 2006)

blue juice n. It’s not clear that this dog has a “problem” worth getting out the blue-juice for. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Slang] [full cite] (May. 23, 2006)

blue-juice n. They all come from the pound. They’re maniac dogs that otherwise were going to be blue-juiced. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds] [full cite] (May. 22, 2006)

blue-juice n. I watched a specail on Dog food a few years back, and it was about the animals being used to produce alot of these cheap Dog foods are being Euthanized (Blue Juiced) and then being processed into Dog food. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds] [full cite] (May. 23, 2006)

break beef v. phr. Every Friday, he picks up a carcass or two from Redwood Meat, then brings the meat back to the store and cuts it into rib-eyes, prime rib, filet mignon—just about every cut you can think of. What’s not used in the cuts is turned into ground beef. And what’s not used for ground beef—including some of the internal organs—goes into Reed’s side business: A line of grass-fed beef products for cats and dogs called “Heartfelt Foods.” ”We use the whole cow,” Reed said. This process—called “breaking beef”—isn’t easy. ”It’s physically demanding,” Reed said. “I don’t think the average person knows what it takes to get that little steak.” Reed was taught how to break beef by Nick Stiles, the previous meat cutter at the Co-op, who was responsible for getting the store’s grass-fed beef program started. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Food & Drink Jargon] [full cite] (Mar. 27, 2008)

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