Word challenge!

retromingent (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.

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Here I am, still at work, doing some of the project that will not die. But die it must. Yes, it will die soon.

I'm sipping a recently acquired Satan-bucks latte, and all I have racing through my brain is:

Feral Cats!

I find that phrase very amusing.

I am yearning to see West Wing. My dutiful TiVo recorded it, I hope.

I hope everyone else's evening is going swimmingly!