Friday, 29 June 2012

Martin


File:Chuzzlewitt cover serial.jpgI don't know how many of this blog's readers are called Martin, it's not the sort of thing that's easy to check up on. Nonetheless, definition number five for the word martin in the OED amused me so much that I felt I ought to post it here (I have already e-mailed it to the only Martin I know).

Martin n. Agric. regional. A hermaphrodite or imperfect sterile female calf which is the twin of a male calf whose hormones affected its development; a heifer of this type; a spayed heifer
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5 comments:

  1. Janine Bollée29 June 2012 at 13:02

    Just wanted to say hello.
    Struggled with the ridiculous Carroll format of the square poem and passed by your post on it of last year.
    So here it is: Hiya Mark.

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  2. Martin Willoughby29 June 2012 at 14:50

    And all this time I thought I was human.

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  3. mark29 June 2012 at 19:13

    http://www.doranna.net/wordplay/index.php/2011/04/29/freemartin/ is a good post on this.

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  4. Martin30 June 2012 at 06:46

    I always knew I was different.

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  5. broken biro30 June 2012 at 22:06

    Well, did you heiffer?

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