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Chris -- 2018-04-11
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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“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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