totus porcus

English

Etymology

A pseudo-Latinism, translated as whole hog.

Adverb

totus porcus (comparative more totus porcus, superlative most totus porcus)

1. (slang, idiomatic) Completely; unreservedly.

   I swallowed the official version totus porcus.

   • 1996 February 25, Michael Korda, “The Nile in High Style”, in New York Times‎^[1], Travel section:

     As a founding principle of our trip, Margaret and I decided that if we were going to go, we would go whole hog, totus porcus, super deluxe all the way

See also

• go the whole hog