shitepoke
shitepoke · shitepokes
The green heron, Butorides virescensThe green heron, Butorides virescens.
/ˈʃaɪtpəʊk/
Meaning
3 sensesThe green heron, Butorides virescens.
The black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax.
The American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus.
Origin
From shite (“feces”) + poke (“bag”), with reference to the birds' habit of defecating whenFrom shite (“feces”) + poke (“bag”), with reference to the birds' habit of defecating when disturbed.
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Forms
plural: shitepokesDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.