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#1 2018-04-18 15:00:56

burred
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From: Montreal
Registered: 2008-03-17
Posts: 1112

'Fearocious' and 'virocious' for ferocious

A student made a blend, in French, of the words for ferocious and voracious, which came out as something like virocious in English. A blend of voracious, virulent and ferocious.

Gooseberry sawfly larvae are virocious leaf feeders feeding from April onwards.
http://www.bayergarden.co.uk/Garden-Doc … oseberries

Altough small, these guys can be quite virocious. #meerkat
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bfla8rngJ9c/

Add a soupçon of fear and you get…

Obviously, the idea of this was to make a small, fearocious looking thing that would look generally creepy.
http://www.moc-pages.com/moc.php/352445

Participants are sure to get excited towards the finish as they slide under a fearocious giant Gorilla and slide alongside a long python.
https://www.bouncehousesnow.com/safari-adventure.html

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#2 2018-05-06 22:50:33

kem
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From: Victoria, BC
Registered: 2007-08-28
Posts: 2851

Re: 'Fearocious' and 'virocious' for ferocious

“Fearocious” Great eggcorn. Lots of puns on the web, but also many serious uses.


Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.

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