Re: virus: Chupacabra

John Porter (jporter@btg.com)
Mon, 24 Jun 1996 16:55:00 -0400


Ken Pantheists wrote:
> "chupa" is
> Spanish for goat, but is also a colloquialism meaning "tramp, slut,
> whore". The word is used to describe a promiscuous woman.

I believe you'll find that "chupa" -> "suck", and "cabra" -> "goat".
This might explain why such a woman might earn that epithet.
And "cabra" is certainly from Latin "capri"... as in
"caprimulgiformes", the order of birds known as "the goatsuckers".
These birds (which include the whippoorwill) are very unusual-looking;
maybe we should compare their appearance with what the chupacabra
"witnesses" have described.

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John Porter
jporter@btg.com