grass mud horse
grass mud horse noun: one of the ten "mythical Baidu deities" invented by Chinese internet users for the purpose of circumventing censorship. Usually depicted as resembling an alpaca, and is supposedly living in the Mahler Gobi desert.
Noun
grass mud horse (plural grass mud horses)
- One of the ten "mythical Baidu deities" invented by Chinese internet users for the purpose of circumventing censorship. Usually depicted as resembling an alpaca, and is supposedly living in the Mahler Gobi desert.
- What began as an entertaining by-product of that internet clean-up has become a sensation. This is because “Grass Mud Horse” in Chinese is a homonym for an unprintable but widely used phrase. Both the phrase – “F*** your mother” – and the name of the mythical animal are pronounced as caonima...2009 March 6, “Chinese fight internet censors with "Grass Mud Horse" cuddly toy”, in Times Online, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2009
- A YouTube children’s song about the beast has drawn nearly 1.4 million viewers. A grass-mud horse cartoon has logged a quarter million more views. A nature documentary on its habits attracted 180,000 more.2009 March 11, Michael Wines, “A Dirty Pun Tweaks China’s Online Censors”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2011
grass mud horse meaning in Malay and Vietnamese
grass mud horse in Malay
- Mythical Baidu deity used for circumventing censorship
- kuda lumpur rumput
grass mud horse in Vietnamese
- Mythical Baidu deity used for circumventing censorship
- ngựa cỏ bùn
Forms of grass mud horse
| plural | grass mud horses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | grass-mud horse |
| alternative form | Grass Mud Horse |
Origin of grass mud horse
A calque of the Mandarin 草泥馬／草泥马 (cǎonímǎ). See 草泥馬 for more.
Questions about grass mud horse
- What does grass mud horse mean?
- Grass mud horse means one of the ten "mythical Baidu deities" invented by Chinese internet users for the purpose of circumventing censorship. Usually depicted as resembling an alpaca, and is supposedly living in the Mahler Gobi desert.
- What is grass mud horse in Malay?
- Grass mud horse in Malay is kuda lumpur rumput. See Grass mud horse meaning in Malay.
- What part of speech is grass mud horse?
- Grass mud horse is a noun.
- What is the plural of grass mud horse?
- The plural of grass mud horse is grass mud horses.
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