Talk:vaccicidal

RFV discussion: December 2016–April 2017
RFV of the English word, currently defined as: I've added the only citation I could find of it to Citations:vaccicidal; it suggests that there may be another one citeable in the works of Anthony Burgess. The corresponding noun,, has the necessary three citations, but those seem to be the only ones that exist. — I.S.M.E.T.A. 00:50, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Of or pertaining to vaccicide, the killing of cows, or that which kills cows.


 * There's one in This Man & Music (by Anthony Burgess). —Stephen (Talk) 14:32, 29 December 2016 (UTC)


 * That one isn't giving me a preview; would you mind adding the quotation? — I.S.M.E.T.A. 16:44, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

Here's the bibliographical information, formatted per WT:": All that needs is the actual quotation. — I.S.M.E.T.A. 16:53, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
 * 1982,, This Man and Music, Applause Books (2001), ISBN 155783489X (10), ISBN 9781557834898 (13), page :


 * The quote is "I became expert in pretence, even to the use of vibrato, but I never learned to sound a note, stopped or open, that was not, as they say, vaccicidal." DTLHS (talk) 17:05, 29 December 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks; added. Is there any context, bovine or otherwise, that might make sense of that strange sentence? — I.S.M.E.T.A. 18:41, 29 December 2016 (UTC)


 * He is talking about his inability to play the violin. I suppose he means his playing was bad enough to kill a cow, but why he chose cows for this comparison I don't know. DTLHS (talk) 18:47, 29 December 2016 (UTC)


 * OK. Thanks. — I.S.M.E.T.A. 21:32, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Citations:vaccicidal currently has two quotations, but only the 1982 quotation uses the term ; the 1987 quotation, which has “sayers of ‘vaccicidal’” twice, only mentions it. Whereas suggests that  would have a meaning like “pertaining to the killing of a cow”, the lack of a bovine context to the 1982 quotation shakes my confidence in such a defining by argumentum ad etymologiam. I don’t find any further attestation via Google Books, Google Groups, or Google Scholar. — I.S.M.E.T.A. 21:52, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
 * The 1987 quote is almost certainly referring to the 1982 quote, so it's not independent, either. Chuck Entz (talk) 00:01, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Based on this book review, 's God : the most unpleasant character in all fiction (2016, OCLC 915507070) uses the word. — SMUconlaw (talk) 16:02, 2 January 2017 (UTC)


 * RFV failed. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 04:44, 14 April 2017 (UTC)