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reprehensibility

English

Noun

reprehensibility (uncountable)

  1. The property of being reprehensible.

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croweater

English

Alternative forms

  • crow eater
  • crow-eater

Etymology

crow +? eater. Early settlers in South Australia were alleged to have eaten the breast meat of crows, parrots and cockatoos when there was a shortage of red meat. The term entered the lexicon in the late 1800s. (Alternatively, "crow" is a butcher's term for mesentery, an otherwise little-eaten tripe.)

Pronunciation

Noun

croweater (plural croweaters)

  1. (Australia, slang) A person from South Australia.
    • 2010, Mungo MacCallum, Punch & Judy: The Double Disillusion Election of 2010, Large Print 16pt edition, page 109,
      The moderates, led by Joe Hockey and Chris Pyne (who refers to his fellow croweater in terms that are unprintable even in the most enlightened media), were delighted.

Usage notes

The term is not considered derogatory.

References

Anagrams

  • water core

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