A list of 59 words by reesetee.
- sun dog appears on 11 other lists
- hot dog appears on 13 other lists
- dust bunny appears on 10 other lists
- shutter dog appears on 3 other lists
- spelling bee appears on 6 other lists
- cash cow appears on 11 other lists
- jailbird appears on 13 other lists
- copycat appears on 8 other lists
- paper tiger appears on 17 other lists
- sewing bee appears on just this list
- charley horse appears on 9 other lists
- high horse appears on 5 other lists
- white elephant appears on 11 other lists
- papal bull appears on 3 other lists
- brass monkey appears on 4 other lists
- legal eagle appears on 1 other list
- barfly appears on 7 other lists
- feather boa appears on 2 other lists
- plumbing snake appears on just this list
- clothes horse appears on 3 other lists
- powder monkey appears on 10 other lists
- computer mouse appears on just this list
- bugbear appears on 45 other lists
- grease monkey appears on 6 other lists
- pack rat appears on 3 other lists
- sawbuck appears on 12 other lists
- crossbuck appears on 3 other lists
- dust mouse appears on just this list
- hush puppy appears on 4 other lists
- lounge lizard appears on 4 other lists
- loan shark appears on 6 other lists
- bench dog appears on just this list
- road hog appears on 2 other lists
- firedog appears on 5 other lists
- gift horse appears on 8 other lists
- fog dog appears on just this list
- sea dog appears on 4 other lists
- water dog appears on 3 other lists
- hep cat appears on 1 other list
- salt-cat appears on just this list
- dark horse appears on 12 other lists
- bum steer appears on 2 other lists
- fat cat appears on 8 other lists
- lame duck appears on 19 other lists
- sitting duck appears on 11 other lists
- red herring appears on 30 other lists
- dust kitten appears on just this list
- blind pig appears on 6 other lists
- card shark appears on 2 other lists
- cold turkey appears on 16 other lists
- culture vulture appears on 5 other lists
- bumblepuppy appears on 12 other lists
- holy mackerel appears on 6 other lists
- round robin appears on 15 other lists
- welsh rabbit appears on 2 other lists
- eager beaver appears on 4 other lists
- corn dog appears on 2 other lists
- booze hound appears on just this list
- spruce goose appears on 3 other lists
reesetee Good grief, sionnach--you're on a tear! Thanks for all the suggestions. I see many of them are from your own "beastie" list. :-) I'm leaving out the ones that I know derive from actual animals, though (see my comment below). Jan 7, 2008
sionnach spanish fly? spruce goose?
less seriously: butterfly tenafly phyllis schlafly tenant infant Jan 5, 2008
sionnach booze hound?
corn dog?
horn dog? Jan 5, 2008
sionnach stalking horse?
eager beaver?
welsh rabbit?
round robin?
holy mackerel?
black swan?
bumblepuppy?
culture vulture?
stool pigeon? Jan 5, 2008
reesetee It'd have to be an iron pig to make the list. :-) Jan 4, 2008
bilby How about pig iron? Australia had a prime minister who was known as Pig Iron Bob. Jan 4, 2008
reesetee Thanks, s! Have fun with the *asterisks.* :-) Jul 2, 2007
slumry This list is a lot of fun. I'll bet that there are a lot of itms we have not thought of yet.
And now I have *permission* to use asterisks as I please.
Thanks. Jun 30, 2007
reesetee Don't know about anyone else, but I use asterisks for emphasis when I feel too lazy to italicize. :-)
Thanks for the suggestions! I'm enjoying this one. Jun 29, 2007
oroboros packrat,sawbuck Jun 29, 2007
slumry Sawhorse!
And don't forget your very own crossbuck. Jun 29, 2007
slumry I was also thinking about simply "pig," in the sense of a device that is used to clean the inside of pipes. Funny story: A friend was doing word processing for engineers. The context was sewerage (not sewage). The writing was illegible. . .something about sending a pig through the pipes. Thinking that the report would be read before being sent, my friend improvised something about "tying their little feet together." Oops. It was sent to the client without review. Jun 29, 2007
slumry You are right about scapegoat; I had the same "rule" in mind when I was thinking about this, but . . .oh, there should be a word for it. . .speaking without thinking. . .ya know...whatchamacallit. *temporarily inarticulate* And by the way, could someone explain this use of asterisks to me? Jun 29, 2007
reesetee Great suggestions, slumry--thanks! For more mental exercise, I've been trying to keep it to words whose origin doesn't actually derive from a real animal. For example, I believe scapegoat originally referred to a real goat at one time, at least in the Bible. Jun 29, 2007
slumry Clothes horse?
Powder monkey?
Scapegoat?
computer mouse?
bugbear?
grease monkey? Jun 27, 2007
trivet high horse, white elephant? Jun 22, 2007