Meaning of bush pig | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An African pig of the genus Potamochoerus; Potamochoerus porcus or Potamochoerus larvatus.
2. A feral pig living in the bush.
   Australia
3. A very ugly woman.
   Australia, derogatory, slang

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Examples

“The commonest game animals are vervet and colobus monkey, baboon, common duiker, bush-pig and grysbok.”

“There are two types of bohonda net hunts. One type is directed by a nkangohonda (bush pig charmer), a sorcerer-hunter who handles bush pigs as easily as if they were dogs, gathering herds of them about him and even holding them by their necks.”

“The bush pig (Potamochoerus porcus) is an African member of the pig family, Suidae, resembling a boar but with long body hair and tassels of hair on its ears.”

“I find Clinton to be the greatest president because of all unintended humor he's supplied and for his parade of bush pigs like Lewinsky, Trip and Paula Jones.”

“Funny as that never really happens to me when I was drinking at a pub or a club and I see a bush pig no matter how drunk I am I still see a bush pig.”

“She's a shocker - tits and body aside, she looks like a bush pig, acts like a bush pig, speaks like a bush pig and thus *is* a bush pig. She'd win the ugliest girl football pull anyday.^([sic])”

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