Anya ,'Touched'
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The OED does not have "pigpile" as a word. The nearest match is "pig-rat," defined as 'The large Bandicoot rat of India.' I love the OED.
Im family parlance, if someone says, say, "Pig pile on Nutty!" Nutty better watch out, 'cause we'll jump on her like she's a runaway football receiver.
I'd like to propose 'buffalo-pile', in honour of a lone Native American who bequeathed to a small locale in Canada the name of Head-Smashed-In. The local tribe often hunted by driving a herd of buffalo over a cliff. Low-risk, high-reward, a real winner. Anyway, one day one of the hunters gets the idea that he'd really like to watch the whole affair from a different viewpoint, i.e. the bottom of the cliff. The last thing to pass through his head was, well, a few tons of horny steak.
So, buffalo-pile. Or, for us unAmericans, bison-pile. Who's with me?
Sorry, bt. I grew up with "dogpile."
Dogpile on the rabbit! Dogpile on the rabbit! Dogpile on the rabbit!
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'The large Bandicoot rat of India.'
That goes by the name of "Crash" I can only assume.
So, buffalo-pile. Or, for us unAmericans, bison-pile. Who's with me?
See, I read both of these as 'pie' instead of 'pile', and while that could represent a tasty meat pie, that wasn't my immediate thought when confronting the phrase 'buffalo-pie'.
Sorry, bt. I grew up with "dogpile."
I won't say what I grew up with. Just that it's a word that starts with a racial epitaph and end in "pile." I last heard that word when I was in first or second grade.
pigpile and puppypile -- when you see litters of piglets and puppies? Often they are piled on top of one another. Fun for some -- but what about the poor piglet or puppy at the very bottom of the pile?
puppypile
Are you telling me there is popslash involved in this metaphor??
Only amongst the insane. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!
Only if it's puppypile without plot.
PPWP?