howler

Etymology
. Some senses are derivatives of the intensifier "howling", as in "howling wilderness", (Deuteronomy 32:10)

Noun

 * 1) That which howls, especially an animal such as a wolf or a howler monkey.
 * 2)  A person hired to howl in mourning at a funeral.
 * 3)  A painfully obvious mistake.
 * 4) * 1993, Paul Krugman, How I Work, October 1 1993, in: Paul Krugman, Arguing with Zombies, 2020, p. 402:
 * Given what we know about cognitive psychology, utility maximization is a ludicrous concept; equilibrium pretty foolish outside of financial markets; perfect competition a howler for most industries.
 * 1) * 2009, Tom Burton, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 78:
 * A howler is a glaring mistake, a mistake that cries out to be noticed.
 * 1)  A hilarious joke.
 * 2)  A bitterly cold day.
 * 3)  A person who expresses aggression openly in the form of threats.
 * 4)  A heavy fall.
 * 5)  A serious accident (especially to come a howler or go a howler; compare come a ).
 * Our hansom came a howler.
 * 1)  A tremendous lie; a whopper.
 * 2)  A fashionably but extravagantly overdressed man, a "howling swell".
 * 3)  A 32-ounce ceramic, plastic, or stainless steel jug used to transport draft beer.
 * 4)  A small child.
 * 1)  A tremendous lie; a whopper.
 * 2)  A fashionably but extravagantly overdressed man, a "howling swell".
 * 3)  A 32-ounce ceramic, plastic, or stainless steel jug used to transport draft beer.
 * 4)  A small child.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ревун
 * Finnish: ulvoja
 * French:
 * Italian:


 * Afrikaans: blaps, flater
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Russian: вопиющая ошибка


 * Dutch:
 * Manx: ard-aittys