Zareba

[Judith E. Schrier]

On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 09:13:26 -0700 Aussie Meyer said:
>Judith got 6 points worth of votes plus 2 for voting correctly, and
>rides her zebra-ass definition to Victory!

Aww...That's what I get for sitting on a freshly-painted park bench!

>Author: David Randall
>Score: 1 (Jim) + 1 (Ranjit) + 2 (MYS)
>zareba--n.--(fr. Berber) 1. the scaled horse of Berber myth.

It's not really a horse...it's a cross between a horse and an
alligator...sterile, of course.

>Author: Judith
>zareba: (n) the sterile offspring of a male zebra and a female donkey.
>       See also "bareza".
>Commentary: "2 points for the nonintuitive "see also"!" - Jim Moskowitz

:-)

>"Does the "see also" belong to Judith?" - Linda

:-(
Linda knows me too well...

>"This would suggest that people domesticate zebras, which I'm pretty
>sure
>is never done.  My understanding is that if you get a zebra upset (by
>trying to ride on it, for example), it will bite - hard - and not let go
>until you're dead." - J-J

Not at all.  You release the donkey in the zebra pen and let nature
take its course.  The zareba has its daddy's looks and its mommy's
disposition...

Test Word coming in a separate mailing...

love, judith