| 词汇 | rooster story |
| 词源 | rooster story. Both cock and bull are taboo words in the Ozark mountains, as is the word tale (a homophone for tail). Thus, a rare triple euphemism has arisen there for cock and bull tale, which many Ozarkians call a “rooster story.” |
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