calibogus resolution

Hutch hutch at bewellnet.com
Wed Mar 17 19:23:11 EST 2004


Quoting Jean-Joseph Cote <jjcote at juno.com>:
[snip]
> David got 3 points for:
> > calibogus - n. - A normal human being pretending to
> > be the misshapen son of a witch and a devil.

Good grief! I completely missed David's much more subtle 
Tempest reference. I'm impressed!

[snip]
> Hutch got 1 point for:
> > calibogus - n. - [fr. a character in Shakespeare's
> > The Tempest] A genus of New World bug with sucking
> > mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at
> > the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis.
[snip]
> Pierre: *All* bugs show incomplete metamorphosis, and
> > the other characters are normal for bugs (at least
> > Heteroptera), so would not be mentioned in the
> > definition of a genus of bug.

I actually quoted that bit straight out of some 
dictionary's definition of "true bug". *blush* Figured that 
at least one of us would catch that. "Me 'at's off to the 
Dyuke!"

BB,
Hutch




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