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Examples
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He packed a box to be shipped to Anchorage that contained various walrus parts, including a skull, oosik and meat.
SFGate: Top News Stories Mary Pemberton 2011
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On the day I visited his Gastown emporium, he put away the oosik, tossed off that ironic smile that has become his trademark, and deadpanned, "I do twenty to fifty of those a day."
The Walrus Magazine 2010
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But if he did wave an oosik around, his was bigger than Don's.
skipvia commented on the word oosik
The baculum (penis bone) of a walrus. There is also a ski race near Talkeetna, Alaska, called the Oosik Classic. Don't know why--there isn't a walrus within 700 miles of Talkeetna.
October 16, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word oosik
It has a bone?!
October 16, 2007
reesetee commented on the word oosik
If I had a "Do Not Need to Know" list, this would be on it.
October 16, 2007
skipvia commented on the word oosik
The typical one is about two feet long. Really.
October 16, 2007
skipvia commented on the word oosik
My theory is that it's an evolutionary adaptation. Walruses spend a lot of time in cold water, and cold water...ummm...makes things...you know...shrink.
October 16, 2007
reesetee commented on the word oosik
You mean...shrinkage?
October 16, 2007
yarb commented on the word oosik
Walruses have penis bones. But do they have kneecaps?
October 16, 2007
skipvia commented on the word oosik
Like a frightened turtle, reesetee...
October 16, 2007
skipvia commented on the word oosik
Not likely, yarb, since they don't have knees.
October 17, 2007
skipvia commented on the word oosik
C_B--so do minks, raccoons, and otters. Hmmm...all animals that spend time around water. COLD water...
October 17, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word oosik
...Wow... *marvels*
You know, I'm going to open a can of worms here, but I really want to know: what about beavers?
October 17, 2007
yarb commented on the word oosik
No knees? This is all very dubious.
October 17, 2007
skipvia commented on the word oosik
Yes, c_b, it's true. The beaver also has a baculum.
Sounds like a list to me...
October 17, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word oosik
Wait, wait... that's so ironic, isn't it? Beavers with baculums? Bacula? (Scott?) Really? I mean... beavers?
October 17, 2007
skipvia commented on the word oosik
Well, I wasn't going to say that, but I'm glad you did.
October 17, 2007
uselessness commented on the word oosik
I don't know what's worse, the inappropriate irony of your joke, or the invocation of TV's second biggest nerd (following Wil Wheaton, of course).
October 17, 2007
skipvia commented on the word oosik
Beaver Cleaver is the scariest name I have ever heard.
October 17, 2007
uselessness commented on the word oosik
Well there goes that happy childhood memory...
October 17, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word oosik
I love this page.
October 17, 2007
skipvia commented on the word oosik
Sorry, U--just think Ozzie and Harriet.
October 17, 2007
reesetee commented on the word oosik
Jeez, a person goes away for a few hours to get some work done and all hell breaks loose here.
Nice job, everyone. :-)
October 17, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word oosik
I still ♥ this page.
October 17, 2007
dontcry commented on the word oosik
Beaver Cleaver! *snort* *cringe* *snort*
August 1, 2009