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| - | [[Category:Glossary]]'''Ostrich''' ''n.'' '''1.''' A comical and flightless bird originating in Africa, reaching a height of up to 2.5 metres and capable of running up to 65 km/h, it is farmed all over the world. '''2.''' A phantom of liberty. '''3.''' [[Gnome]] parlance for a Liberal. | ||
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| :The Ostrich's "official" name, ''Struthio camelus'', means "sparrow camel." | :The Ostrich's "official" name, ''Struthio camelus'', means "sparrow camel." | ||
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| - | <tr><td width="*" align="left" valign="top"> '''pig''' ''n.'' '''1.''' Intelligent and succulent omnivore; domesticated swine. '''2.''' Yo mama. | + | <tr><td width="*" align="left" valign="top"> '''Ostrich''' ''n.'' '''1.''' A comical and flightless bird originating in Africa, reaching a height of up to 2.5 metres and capable of running up to 65 km/h, it is farmed all over the world. '''2.''' A phantom of liberty. '''3.''' [[Gnome]] parlance for a Liberal. |
| - | == Usage == | ||
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| - | "Eat-in? More like a fucking facist ''pig''-out." | ||
| - | :– an angry [[Addisson]], in an apparent misunderstanding of the [[Massive Dinner Send-Back]], 1955. | ||
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| - | "What you talkin' 'bout, Wilbur?" | ||
| - | :- Charlotte, while spinning her web. | ||
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| - | == Extrapolation == | ||
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| - | Common usage and slang is generally extrapolated from the pig defined as a dirty animal and a tasty treat. A ''pig skin'', for example, is tasty. A ''pig-in-a-blanket'', is not what you want to wake up next to. | ||
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| - | The AA totem pig was famously aped by William Golding in ''Lord of the Flies''; it's origin, however, is unclear. [[Gnome]] [[psy-ops]] tried to link it to claims of Jew-baiting, but this is doubtful. | ||
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| - | == Non Canonical Text == | ||
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| - | Civilization owes a curiously underappreciated debt to the pig. The domestication of wild boar seems to go hand-in-hand with the transition from hunting and gathering societies to more sedentary agricultural communities. | ||
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| - | Of particular note to Western Civilization is the ancient Euro-Aegean custom of offering pigs to the Mother-goddess, who took the form of Demeter to the Greeks. | ||
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| - | The sacrificial pig of the pre-Christian initiation ceremonies of the Eleusinian Mysteries was only a step away from the sacrifical lamb of Christian mythology. | ||
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| - | == See Also == | ||
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| - | *[[Dewey Rose]] | ||
| - | *[[The Worship of Tits]] | ||
| - | *[[Goat]] | ||
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| - | [[Image:Pig.jpg|thumb|center|Yo Mama.]] | ||
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| - | ''Raw mountain oysters smell'' remarkably like truffles. | + | ''The Ostrich's'' "official" name, ''Struthio camelus'', means "sparrow camel." |
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| - | ''Boars ejaculate a pint'' of semen during half-hour long orgasms. | + | |
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| - | A boar with no testicles is called a ''barrow''. | + | |
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Revision as of 21:11, 2 May 2005
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- The Ostrich's "official" name, Struthio camelus, means "sparrow camel."
| Ostrich n. 1. A comical and flightless bird originating in Africa, reaching a height of up to 2.5 metres and capable of running up to 65 km/h, it is farmed all over the world. 2. A phantom of liberty. 3. Gnome parlance for a Liberal.
DesiderataThe Ostrich's "official" name, Struthio camelus, means "sparrow camel." |
