Definitions
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- noun informal An animal born to a male
swan and a femalegoose - noun informal A person or thing sharing the characteristics of two otherwise separate groups; a
hybrid (also seeSwoose ) - noun slang A stupid person (also see
goose )
Etymologies
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Blend of swan and goose
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john commented on the word swoose
“A bird prodigy of evil and hybrid character is the despair of a Norfolk farmer. It rejoices in the name of the “swoose”, a portmanteau word indicating its origin, for its father was a swan and its mother a goose. This ill-assorted pair had three children — three “sweese”.
Daily Mail, 13 July 1920."
As quoted in Word Wide Words, by Michael Quinion, May 15, 2010
May 15, 2010