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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whoa breaking v. phr. To use collar pressure on whoa breaking requires that you dog leave the initial position in which you placed him, or where he knows he is supposed to be. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Jun. 6, 2006)

whoa broke v. phr. My current dog is what’s called “whoa-broke.” I could have, most likely, stopped her in her tracks, with just a shout. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds] [full cite] (Jun. 4, 2006)

wholphin n. The young as-yet unnamed wholphin is one-fourth false killer whale and three-fourths Atlantic bottlenose dolphin. Her slick skin is an even blend of a dolphin’s light gray and the black coloring of a false killer whale. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds] [full cite] (Apr. 15, 2005)

wooly booger n. Wooly worm analysts from miles around, in convention assembled, gravely discussed the state of the 1992 wooly worms’ fur.…Texans, of course, know that this is nonsense. And by the way, we also know that the actual, proper name for this little varmint is “wooly booger.” [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Colloquial] [full cite] (May. 17, 2007)

zofamily n. Happy crawling all you Zofamilies!!! DID YOU KNOW????: That “Zofamily”—Pronounced like “So Family,” is the term used for: “Any family that considers their pets an actual member of the family.” [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Relationships New or Nonce] [full cite] (Jun. 6, 2007)

zonkey n. Featuring exotic animals that came from across the state, the barn includes a zebra-donkey mix (affectionately known as a Zonkey), reindeer, miniature goats, highland cattle, Jacobs sheep, cashmere goats, angora goats, alpacas and even a Watusi. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds] [full cite] (Aug. 25, 2007)

zoochosis n. We know that animals in zoo suffer from “zoochosis,” a term used to describe obsessive, repetitive behavior such as incessant pacing or head bobbing. We know that the law only requires animals to be provided a cage “large” enough to allow them to stand up, lie down, and turn around. We know that the complex emotional and social relationships animals need to thrive are destroyed in captivity. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds] [full cite] (May. 24, 2008)

zooprophilactic adj. He’s also interested in birds that are what’s called “zooprophilactic.” They may dilute the spread of disease, he said. Doves, pigeons and herons seem to be dead ends for West Nile, he said. Florida has large numbers of them. “If an animal does not transmit it, it’s actually protecting us,” Komar said. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Health Science] [full cite] (Jul. 27, 2006)

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