spade cat (was Re: "like" and "as if")

[Jonathan Lighter]

But that wouldn't make any sense!

JL

"Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> wrote:
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> FWIW, when I first heard the word "spayed" as a child, the
> only sense I could make out of it was that they used a tiny
> spade (a sharp instrument) to do it.
>
> Presumably, others have been similarly misled.
>
Good thing the operation isn't called "pitchforked".

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