Irrelephant

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not related to elephants; irrelevant to the consideration or discussion of elephants. humorous

    "Captain Spaulding: One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know. Then we tried to remove the tusks. […] But they were embedded so firmly we couldn't budge them. Of course, in Alabama the Tuscaloosa, but that's entirely irrelephant to what I was talking about."

Example

More examples

"Captain Spaulding: One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know. Then we tried to remove the tusks. […] But they were embedded so firmly we couldn't budge them. Of course, in Alabama the Tuscaloosa, but that's entirely irrelephant to what I was talking about."

Etymology

Blend of irrelevant + elephant.

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