Snake Doctor

Growing up in the deep south, a damselfly was called a Snake Doctor and the folklore was that if you saw a snake doctor, a snake was close by. Which was usually "true" due to the proliferation of snakes in the south. We never called dragonflies snake doctors but were either called a dragonfly or more commonly a "mosquito hawk". Both insects are harmless to humans and we would sneak up behind the ones that had landed on clothes lines and capture them by grabbing their tail. The dragonfly would bite to defend itself but the pain was less than an ant bite. Here is where it became "children will be children" because we would firmly, not tightly, tie a short piece of thread to the end of it's tail. Sometimes we would release the dragonfly and then chase and recapture the insect with this thread and other times we would hold onto the thread and let the insect lead us around the yard. We got a lot of exercise that way, and yes, we usually untied the thread before we released them.

Watch where you're placing your feet, I just saw a snake doctor.

by Ol' Timer October 18, 2020

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doctor’s phone

An individual that has a phone with a large and bulky phone case.

That boys phone look so big with that phone case, it looks like a doctor’s phone.

by Universal Chocolate May 10, 2023

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Doctor Kippikappy

A children’s game that is played by building a wall across a room, usually made from boxes/random toys, and then splitting into two teams on either side of the wall and proceeding to violently throw stuffed animals over the wall with the objective being to get all of the stuffed animals to your opponent’s side of the room.

I got poked in the eye by a flying stuffed pig when playing Doctor Kippikappy with my siblings.

by Theeholycheeses August 29, 2023

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