Fur-flying
adj, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Vicious. idiomatic, informal
"2006: 'Anticlimactic as it may have been, the news last week that Meredith Vieira would replace Katie Couric on the “Today” show marked the dénouement of a fur-flying, nail-biting, years-long game of musical chairs among television’s leading ladies.' — The New Yorker, 17 April 2006, page 27."
Example
More examples"2006: 'Anticlimactic as it may have been, the news last week that Meredith Vieira would replace Katie Couric on the “Today” show marked the dénouement of a fur-flying, nail-biting, years-long game of musical chairs among television’s leading ladies.' — The New Yorker, 17 April 2006, page 27."
Etymology
Since a particularly vicious fight between cats or other animals sends fur flying.
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