A lifelike miniature model of a mermaid floating in a sealed jar, meant as an amusing toy or circus attraction, to create the illusion that a real mermaid has been captured. It is primarily an anachronism dating from early European colonialism and its sea-spanning knick-knack industries, and has since acquired vaguely occult connotations.
Sometimes the phrase is borrowed by clever marketers, such as for items in restaurant menus.
Sometimes the phrase is borrowed by clever marketers, such as for items in restaurant menus.
Robert loved the museum: the frail mummies and immense sarcophagi; the stuffed platypus and pickled mermaid; the wall bristling with elephant tusks and moose antlers and unicorn horns. -- "Stories of Your Life and Others" by Ted Chiang
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Get the pickled mermaid mug.A slang term for penis. This might be used in situations where someone is trying to be somewhat polite and doesn't want to use a stronger slang term.
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Or a rusted coin fetish
Or a rusted coin fetish
Angus - "I was honestly terrified last night, a Pickle Penny was outside me house last night, it broke it and watched me from the corner, touching itself"
Aaron - "oh god! pickles are very scary though, especially ones that have gained the gift of life"
Angus - "the fuck is a pickle?"
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Angus - "the fuck is a pickle?"
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