TheMeeper Wrote:
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> What I'd like to know is why it's called "swine"
> flu?? These are pigs, people. Who walks around
> calling pigs "swine" in real life? It's not like
> you walk into a restaraunt and order "swine
> chops", or "swine fried rice" at a Chinese place.
> It's just silly. Why the sudden name change once
> people start getting sick?
who said swine was referring to the
pigs in mexico?
;)
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swine (swn)
n. pl. swine
1. Any of various omnivorous, even-toed ungulates of the family Suidae, including pigs, hogs, and boars, having a stout body with thick skin, a short neck, and a movable snout.
2. A person regarded as brutish or contemptible.
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