hybrid animal

An animal that crosses, mixes, or breeds with another

When you see a hybrid animal in a book or imagine one, you might think, “What name should I give this animal?” Believe it or not, there actually are all sorts of hybrid animals that do have really funny names:
Liger ( Male Lion + Female Tiger)
Tigon (Male Tiger + Female Lion)
Zonkey (Zebra + Donkey)
Jaglion (Male Jaguar + Female Lion)
Geep (Goat + Sheep)
Grolar Bear (Polar Bear + Brown Bear)
Coywolf (Coyote +Wolf)
Zebroid (Zebra + Any Other Equine)
Savannah Cat (Domestic Cat + Serval)
Wholphin (Male False Killer Whale + Female Bottlenose Dolphin)
Beefalo (Buffalo + Cow)
Hinny (Female Donkey + Male Horse)
Narluga (Narwhal + Beluga)
Cama (Camel + Llama)
Dzo (Cow + Wild Yak)
Leopon (Male Leopard + Female Lion)
Mulard (Mallard + Muscovy Duck)
Żubroń (Cow + European Bison)
Wolfdog (wolf + dog)

But some animals don’t exist, and you can even make up your own:
Porkulion (pig + porcupine + lion)
Cluckster (chicken + rooster)
Beefard (cow + geopard)
Cockaroo (rooster + kangaroo)
Baarantula (sheep + tarantula)
Honeybug (honeybee + ladybug)
Shoodle (sheep dog + poodle)
Catfisher (catbird + kingfisher)
Dogon (dog + dragon)
Velotops (velociraptor + triceratops)
Kangarex (kangaroo + tyrannosaurus rex)
Porse (pig + horse)
Leodon (leopard + pteranodon)
Goractyl (gorilla + pterodactyl)
Quack-a-doodle-cluck (duck + rooster + chicken)
Roar-a-woofle-doo (lion + dog + rooster)

by bluestinger66 January 31, 2023

manatee

A brown herbivorous sea mammal that is home to Florida, and mainly the Everglades National Park

From time to time I dream that I’m a manatee
Undulating underneath the sea
Unshackled by the chains of idle vanity
A modest manatee, that’s me

I look just like a chubby, brown banana-tee
As I nose along the cozy ocean floor
Immune from human folly and inanity
That’s why a manatee is such a happy, herby bore

I’m a manatee, I’m a manatee
I’m every bit as wrinkled as my grannity
No difference between my face and fanity
A noble manatee, well, that’s me

With the dietary habits of a manatee
I never fail to lick my platter clean
I sprinkle seaweed on my raisin branity
The perfect manatee cuisine

With my wit, sophistication and urbanity
I dignify my watery domain
No one near will ever hear me use profanity
Because a manatee has his image to maintain

I’m a manatee, I’m a manatee
I keep my reputation spick and spanity
No difference between my face and fanity
A speakly manatee, well, that's me

Encumbered by my lumbering giganity
I’m thought to be an ocean going brute
The least appealing creature on the planety
But to a manatee, I’m cute

I prefer my world of silence and of sanity
But my underwater friends don’t all agree
For whenever I am dreaming I’m a manatee
Somewhere a manatee is dreaming that he is me

I’m a manatee, I’m a manatee
Outside the fold of boring old humanity
No difference between my face and fanity
I’m a rolly polly, jelly rolly, sugar bowly
Heart and souly manatee, that’s me

by bluestinger66 March 27, 2023

spacebarrer

A person who keeps pressing the spacebar on their keyboard instead of writing down notes or making up a story or poem

Me: Do you think there’s a spacebarrer in this school?
Jennifer: Not in our school, but in the school next to ours there are at least ten spacebarrers.

by bluestinger66 March 19, 2023

berkana

The eighteenth letter of the futhark alphabet

Pronunciation of berkana: BEHR˙kah˙nah
Letter sound: b
Appearance: ᛒ
Meaning: growth, renewal, rebirth
Related words: beorc (meaning birch), bjarkan (younger futhark name for berkana)
Note: Berkana can also have the ending ­n, which makes it “berkanan.” Both spellings are acceptable.

by bluestinger66 December 18, 2023

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyznowiknowmyabcsnexttimewontyousingwithme

Alphabet song

Boys (in singing class): We can sing really fast: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyznowiknowmyabcsnexttimewontyousingwithme.

by bluestinger66 August 06, 2022

XML

Extensible Markup Language

An XML file is an extensible markup language file that structures data for storage and transport. In an XML file, there are both tags and text. The tags provide structure to the data. These tags, which adhere to specific syntax guidelines, surround the text in the file that you wish to store.

by bluestinger66 August 20, 2023

zzzyyyxxxwwwvvvuuutttsssrrrqqqpppooonnnmmmlllkkkjjjiiihhhgggfffeeedddcccbbbaaa

The alphabet backwards, with each letter written three times

Teacher: "Do you know the story about Zzzyyyxxxwwwvvvuuutttsssrrrqqqpppooonnnmmmlllkkkjjjiiihhhgggfffeeedddcccbbbaaa?" Student: "Did you just make that story up?"

by bluestinger66 May 27, 2022