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weaktwosretromingent (re-tro-MIN-jent) adjective
Urinating backwards.
noun
An animal that passes urine backwards, e.g. raccoon.
[From Latin retro- (back) + mingent, stem of mingens, past participle of mingere (to urinate).]
"When my turn came, I discovered that the bathrooms had been designed for
a retromingent. The rest of the flight? Rather uneventful."
Jeffrey Levine; The Concorde, Firsthand: Built for Speed, Not for Comfort;
The Washington Post ; Dec 17, 1989.
"I can verify that camels are, indeed, retromingent."
Sally Bixby Defty; Just Deserts Midnight at the Oasis Sing Your Camel to
Bed; St. Louis Post-Dispatch; May 16, 1993.
Urinating backwards.
noun
An animal that passes urine backwards, e.g. raccoon.
[From Latin retro- (back) + mingent, stem of mingens, past participle of mingere (to urinate).]
"When my turn came, I discovered that the bathrooms had been designed for
a retromingent. The rest of the flight? Rather uneventful."
Jeffrey Levine; The Concorde, Firsthand: Built for Speed, Not for Comfort;
The Washington Post ; Dec 17, 1989.
"I can verify that camels are, indeed, retromingent."
Sally Bixby Defty; Just Deserts Midnight at the Oasis Sing Your Camel to
Bed; St. Louis Post-Dispatch; May 16, 1993.
