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  • adj. Relating to mongooses.

    February 17, 2013

  • Mongeese.

    February 17, 2013

  • But surely herpetology is amphibians. Would the study of mongeeses be herpestology? And what would a herpest be? A venereal disease causing sharp teeth, appetite for cobra egg, and a predilection for saying "rkchkchkchkchkchkchkchk!" in the traverse 'tween bed and bathtub?

    February 17, 2013

  • Milo, in form! That delightful last sentence is one of the finest ever on this site.

    February 18, 2013

  • Bilby, you surely mean mes geese.

    February 18, 2013