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- noun A slang term for
rattlesnake .
Etymologies
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buzz + worm
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A buzzworm is Western jargon for a rattlesnake, but Young has appropriated the term and hopes it will become synonymous with another thing he finds noisy, dangerous and pervasive: a natural gas drilling rig.
Top Story 2009
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