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

Entries 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 citations assigned to this category.

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perp n. a pup or puppy; a dog. (posted Nov. 8, 2005) [full entry…]

rat spill n. the accidental importation of rats to a rat-free island (or, rarely, to any rat-free piece of land). (posted Jan. 4, 2005) [full entry…]

rent-a-cow attrib. indicating a situation in which livestock are deceitfully used to make a residential or commercial property qualify as a working farm or ranch in order to benefit from an agricultural tax provision or subsidy. (posted Sep. 14, 2007) [full entry…]

rib-eye in the sky n. a game bird, especially a sandhill crane, that is particularly prized for its meat. (posted Oct. 10, 2006) [full entry…]

slow elk n. stolen cattle butchered for food. (posted Jun. 28, 2005) [full entry…]

whale n. a serious, heavily funded bettor; a high roller. (posted Apr. 26, 2004) [full entry…]

whoa break v. phr. to train a dog to stop in response to a verbal command. (posted Jun. 6, 2006) [full entry…]

woolly-booger n. (also woolly-bugger) 1. (colloquial) the larval-stage insect known as the woolly worm or woolly bear; a fishing fly that resembles such an insect. 2. (in the American Southwest, slang) an extraordinary example of a thing. 3. (in Oklahoma and Louisiana, slang) provisions intended to be overlooked in legislation. (posted May. 17, 2007) [full entry…]

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