Talk:gallincide

RFV discussion: December 2015
Six hits in plain Google search, nothing in BGC. --Hekaheka (talk) 22:42, 21 December 2015 (UTC)


 * "It was a joke, Mark. I was joking. It was a Christmas joke." Speedied. Equinox ◑ 00:01, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
 * To my great surprise gallicide gets dozens of hits in BGC, but nevertheless appears to be unattestable in any one sense ,,. In addition, "Gallicide" appears to be a trade name for a mercury-based slime-control chemical (formerly) used in the pulp and paper industry. --Hekaheka (talk) 05:36, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
 * The entry flagged was "gallincide", not "gallicide". However, all three of the citations above refer to the killing of chickens (Gallus), so that sense would seem to be attested, even though the first one is clearly a pun, since Gallus also refers to a Gaul, i.e. a Frenchman.  The two meanings have been intermingled since Roman times.  P Aculeius (talk) 13:54, 22 December 2015 (UTC)