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Chris -- 2018-04-11
An earlier entry pegged the buzzer/buzzard switch as a probable Cupertino. There are more flying buzzers out there, and some are clearly intentional. Perhaps it is understood that a turkey buzzer buzzes turkeys, or buzzes the countryside for that matter, like a low-flying aircraft.
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All I can buddy is OUCH if she get’s a hold of U. It be like a turkey buzzer on a field mouse, no chance to squeek.
Bird strikes
While in Mexico, I investigated a B757 for bird ingestion. On T/O it ingested a turkey buzzer (a large bird) and the engine stopped producing thrust
Reply: Wonder what kind of predatory bird would be on the top of the food chain for a really large turkey buzzer type bird…not sure we want that kind around either.
Vulture on a gravestone
Photographer’s comment: I wish I knew what kind of vultures these are, because they run rampant down there and like to perch in places that are unsettling to begin with and their presence doesn’t help.
Commenter: that’s just a turkey buzzer....nice pic!
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A number of web writers lament the decline of the California Candor. Too much Hollywood hype?
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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