The ambiguity of the word jar-owl is enough to drive goats into trees and jar-owls into chupacabra. |
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Superior Person's Tuesday!
Jar-Owl n. The European goatsucker. I swear that this is the complete definition as given by my source. Goatsucker? Do not write to me or to the publisher to explain this. Neither of us wishes to know.
Each
Tuesday, we’ll offer up a Superior Word for the edification of
our Superior Readers, via the volumes of the inimitable Peter
Bowler. You can purchase all or any of the four Superior Person’s Books of Words from the Godine website. Jar-Owl appears in the Second.
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This made me laugh. A perfect pick-me-up for a long afternoon.
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