mintgoth: just learned that the word “ferret” is derived from the Latin word furittus meaning “LITTLE THIEF” and that a group of ferrets is called a BUSINESS and i am absolutely pleased with this new knowledge
insomniac-arrest: I am enriched by this knowledge, thank you
- Interstellar_1 ( @Interstellar_1@pawb.social ) 34•5 months ago
Who oranged this post
- Emanuel ( @Emanuel@lemmy.eco.br ) 23•5 months ago
So a group of thieves is a business, huh
- bstix ( @bstix@feddit.dk ) 9•5 months ago
Just listen to the word. Busy with what?
- Ms. ArmoredThirteen ( @ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml ) 16•5 months ago
One of our ferrets used to steal things and hide them in the arm rest of one of those old wood frame grandma couches. We had to periodically flip it over and fish out whatever had wound up there. One time we found a steel shoehorn, none of us had ever owned a shoehorn. We called it the giving couch
- HEXN3T ( @HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 4•4 months ago
Ferrets are WAY cuter than billionaires
Yes, but that’s a really low bar to clear.
Like saying “cereal is WAY tastier than duct tape”.
You’re not wrong, but… It’s almost an insult to ferrets.
- nickwitha_k (he/him) ( @nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org ) 2•4 months ago
I’d always heard the collective noun to be a “parliament of ferrets”.
- saigot ( @saigot@lemmy.ca ) 2•4 months ago
Parliament is for owls
- Malgas ( @Malgas@beehaw.org ) English2•4 months ago
Also rooks.
Sounds just as good