Content tagged with “animals”

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Other tags used by these items: sports, slang

Bruin
Explanation
December 16, 2024
137

“This is just another name for ‘bear.’ It was a name of a bear in a Dutch children’s fable from the 12th century. Most people know this as the name of two major sports teams: the UCLA Bruins in college sports, and the Boston Bruins in NHL hockey. The UCLA team is very prominent with the bear…”

“sic” a dog
Explanation
May 30, 2023
115

“Most people understand that to ‘sic a dog’ on someone general means to direct the dog to attack. This came from an accented form of the word ‘seek.’ When hunting with dogs, you might say ‘seek them,’ to mean ‘pursue them.’ In Southern English, the word ‘seek’ might sound a lot like ‘sick,’ and…”

Zebroid
Stuff I Looked Up
Explanation
November 1, 2024
145

“This is not what I originally looked up – I orginally wanted details on what a ‘Zorse’ was (see below for why I looked this up), but I was introduced to the world of zera-equine hybrids. A ‘zebroid’ is the product of a zebra and any other equine except another zebra – so, anything else that a zebra…”