Groundhogese
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A supposed language in which groundhogs and humans can communicate with each other. humorous, uncountable
"Wintry winds whipped a whirl of snow around the entrance to the burrow of the famed Punxsutawney groundhog today. […] Under direction of club president and master of shadows Frank A. Lorenzo shadowgraphers, geometricians, groundhogese interpreters and weather scouts went to work to record the nuances of the shadow. […] After walkie-talkie operators had flashed the forecast to the waiting world, the groundhogese interpreters stepped forward to catch the old seer's annual words of wisdom."
Example
More examples"Wintry winds whipped a whirl of snow around the entrance to the burrow of the famed Punxsutawney groundhog today. […] Under direction of club president and master of shadows Frank A. Lorenzo shadowgraphers, geometricians, groundhogese interpreters and weather scouts went to work to record the nuances of the shadow. […] After walkie-talkie operators had flashed the forecast to the waiting world, the groundhogese interpreters stepped forward to catch the old seer's annual words of wisdom."
Etymology
From groundhog + -ese (suffix forming the names of languages used in particular contexts).
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