Polliwog

Great … … on February 4, 2009 at 1: 12 pm | Reply petoskystone here i was thinking that ‘gollywog’ was like ‘polliwog’. which lead to ‘frogs have no hair, so this makes no sense’. dang – i miss all the decent slurs! on February 4, 2009 at 1: 30 pm | Reply Stocking ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

It seems unlikely that Palin, Lazio and other opponents of the project are enraged at the specter of polliwog swim classes and family movie nights a few blocks from Ground Zero. ❋ Kelly Caldwell (2010)

All she could think now, though, was that the fabulous Mr. Frog was only a polliwog when it came to crazy rides. ❋ Unknown (2006)

In those early days, it had been only a faint polliwog of mist, moving slowly through the constellation of Eridanus, just south of the Equator. ❋ Clarke, Arthur C. (1972)

The humble polliwog in its development is significant of far more marvellous facts than the caterpillar changing into the butterfly, embodying as it does the deepest poetry and romance of evolution. ❋ William Beebe (1919)

Of the latter truth we may judge from the fact that if one of those cells should be injured, only one-half a polliwog would result, -- either a head or a tail half. ❋ William Beebe (1919)

Old forms of polliwog are _pollywig_, _polewiggle_, and _pollwiggle_. ❋ William Beebe (1919)

The tail of a polliwog seems a very useless appendage so far as the adult frog is concerned, yet if the polliwog's tail is cut off a perfect frog never develops. ❋ George Herbert Betts (1901)

"The old polliwog looks something like King Anko," said one of them. ❋ Unknown (1887)

"I'm not a polliwog!" answered Cap'n Bill angrily. ❋ Unknown (1887)

Band saws travel in an ellipse, can cut basically forward like a polliwog travels. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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Names based on movement bat < Old Norse - blaka in ledhrblaka ` leather flapper 'dromedary < Greek dromas ` runner' duck < Old English dūcan ` to dive 'frog < IE root * preu - ` to hop' polliwog < Middle English polwygle: pol ` head ' ❋ Unknown (1980)

Man 1: [What's that]? Man 2: It's a polliwog, you [Gullah] [noob]! ❋ LakeCharlesGuy (2009)

[blimey], thats a [talliwacker] if i ever seen one! nah, almost, its [Diane's] polliwog. ❋ Bipolar Bare (2009)

"Hey, look at those polliwogs over there." "Oi! I'm [offended] by the term you used there. Say 'tadpole' or I will shop you to the [thought police]. "Sorry Mr. [Lammy], our mistake." ❋ LiberaceHudson (2017)

*[Tiva] fan sits watching season 4 episode of [NCIS]* *Polliwog turns up on screen* Tiva fan: *Changes TV channel* .... *Polliwog is shown doing things with a certain much loved character* Tiva fan: [AHHHHHH]!!!! *runs away screaming* ❋ Yelloh (2010)

You said you needed more protein in your diet, so I [supplied] you with a polliwog milkshake! No, [swallow it] all. Here, let me help you with what [dribbled] onto your chin. ❋ RedwoodRed (2009)

Last night Tim and I were [so drunk] we were shit polliwoging [around the block] at [3am] in the morning. ❋ BonnerTonner6969 (2018)

During [TFG] aka The [Former Guy's] regime, demure and meek [Jared Kushner] received illegal security clearance and committed like hundreds of felonies. When Carla saw him saunter out the White House for the last time, she exclaimed "bye, Gender-lazy Polliwog, ya little cunt. now run along and wait until you're indicted" ❋ Uncle Joosie (2022)