(n): stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals
(n): a coarse obnoxious person
(n): a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth)
(n): a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
(n): a person who is unusually selfish
(n): uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
(n): a member of a police force
(n): mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
(n): container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
(n): a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace
(n): metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling
(v): live like a pig, in squalor
(v): lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
(v): eat greedily
(v): take in solid food
(v): give birth
(v): cause to be born
Sounds like the encroachment of liberty in America, lest I make a controversial statement... *dramatic music*
"You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming. When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in The last side. The pigs, now used to the set up, start to come through the gate to eat and you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd.
Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are used to it, they had forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves and soon accept their captivity."
Hmmmm. Is there a lesson here? Seems a lot like how you cook live frogs, starting with luke warm water then gradually raising the temperature.
2.18.07: The year of the (golden) pig. Happy Lunar New Year everyone.