Pickled Mermaid

What is Pickled Mermaid?


1.

A lifelike miniature model of a mermaid floating in a sealed jar, meant as an amusing toy or circus attraction, to create the illusion that a real mermaid has been captured. It is primarily an anachronism dating from early European colonialism and its sea-spanning knick-knack industries, and has since acquired vaguely occult connotations.

Sometimes the phrase is borrowed by clever marketers, such as for items in restaurant menus.

Robert loved the museum: the frail mummies and immense sarcophagi; the stuffed platypus and pickled mermaid; the wall bristling with elephant tusks and moose antlers and unicorn horns. -- "Stories of Your Life and Others" by Ted Chiang

See pickled, mermaid, occult, circus


0

Random Words:

1. A person who always bring beverages to the potluck, such as Mountain Dew and Dr. Pepper, and is considerate enough to provide them in ca..
1. A descendant of the late Harry Potter who was put as capital punishment to be melted on April Fools Day 1872. It was then frozen over ti..
1. Female masturbation. After a hard day at work, Amy decided to go home and beat the cat. See beat, cat, female, pleasure..
Book Banner