poltergoose
English
Etymology
Blend of poltergeist + goose or geese.
Noun
poltergoose (plural poltergeese)
- (rare, humorous, nonce word) A ghost goose.
- 1989, Roger McGough, “The Poltergeese”, in Nailing the shadow, →ISBN, OCLC 1090025840, page 85:
- The poltergeese
their mischief done
are heading north
to miss the sun.
- 1999, Michael Lawrence, The Poltergoose, →ISBN, page 63:
- 'And this,' said Angie, 'is no ordinary dead goose. It's a dead goose that breaks things and chases people and pecks them where it hurts. A poltergoose.'
- 2017 June 6, James Parks, Ben Costa, Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo Book 1: The Road to Epoli (Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo), Random House Children's Books, →ISBN, OCLC 989519404, page (unnumbered):
- We saw a whole flock of poltergeese! And some creepity crawlies!