Morepork

//ˈmɔːpɔːk// intj, noun, slang

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    The call of a morepork.

    "[T]he morepork, a species of caprimulgus, or goatsucker,^([sic]) keeps up all night the exact repetition of its own name, "Morepork! morepork!" It is a sound to me most expressive of a dreary loneliness and twilight distance that I ever heard."

Noun
  1. 1
    The Tasmanian spotted owl (Ninox novaeseelandiae), a small brown owl indigenous to New Zealand and Tasmania. New-Zealand

    "[T]he eye of the Morepork or Greater Night Jarr,^([sic]) which I lately had the opportunity of examining, is wonderfully adapted for enabling it to see the insects in the dark, on which it feeds."

  2. 2
    Used as a mild term of abuse.; A foolish person; also, a person who is wearisome. Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, derogatory

    "It is interesting that the Opposition morepork is starting to chirp. [...] We have all heard about the "gang of four and a half"—the morepork brigade."

  3. 3
    Used as a mild term of abuse.; A person who is lazy or slow; a slowcoach, a slowpoke. Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, derogatory

    "Where's that old morepoke? O, you're there, are you? Fetch the jack off o' your wagon—come! fly roun'! you're (very) slow for a young fellow."

Etymology

Etymology 1

The word is imitative of the bird's call.

Etymology 2

The word is imitative of the bird's call.

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