Talk:mad cow
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Rfv-sense: Prions that carry this disease. (mad cow disease, BSE) Also: RfV for adjective PoS. I doubt that this can be attested as a true adjective. DCDuring TALK 01:13, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
- Sounds wrong for the noun, and I would probably have speedy deleted the adjective had I come across it, explaining so in the edit summary as to allow another editor to undo it if they felt strongly enough. Mglovesfun (talk) 13:44, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
- I have found one quotation so far that might be using an adjective: the strange 2002 one at Citations:mad cow (specifically, its second usage of the term). - -sche (discuss) 22:14, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
- That's it, though; that's all; I cannot find any more quotations. Noun sense (prions) RFV-failed. Adjective section left for now, for just a bit longer. - -sche (discuss) 14:55, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
- Re the 2002 quotation: see the comment about the word "cow" in the lead paragraph of w:Pylea. The citation is useless in consequence. — Pingkudimmi 17:14, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
- To clarify slightly: the second half of the citation is useless, because it's a punny allusion to Cordelia's time on Pylea (where, as a "cow" who is "cursed" with visions, she is deemed to fulfill a certain prophecy that requires she be made princess), but that doesn't affect the first half. (The second half is the interesting part, of course, since it's the part that appears to be using "mad cow" as an adjective, if you don't know that it's actually "{very mad} {cow princess}". The first half is not so interesting, but also not obviously invalid.) —a fan of AngelTALK 23:29, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for clarifying, Pingku and Ruakh. I wondered when I first saw the line if it might really be "a {very mad} {cow princess}", but I couldn't think of a situation where "cow princess" made more sense than "mad cow" as an adjective, hah. Alright, I've removed the adjective section (RFV-failed). - -sche (discuss) 00:29, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
- To clarify slightly: the second half of the citation is useless, because it's a punny allusion to Cordelia's time on Pylea (where, as a "cow" who is "cursed" with visions, she is deemed to fulfill a certain prophecy that requires she be made princess), but that doesn't affect the first half. (The second half is the interesting part, of course, since it's the part that appears to be using "mad cow" as an adjective, if you don't know that it's actually "{very mad} {cow princess}". The first half is not so interesting, but also not obviously invalid.) —a fan of AngelTALK 23:29, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
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Is out-of-date, lacking format, and needs a copy-edit --Mat200 13:11, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
- Been taken care of. Detagging and striking.—msh210℠ (talk) 19:59, 13 December 2011 (UTC)