honey badger
Americannoun
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honey badgers
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of honey badger
First recorded in 1880–85
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Nickerson thinks that description needs an addendum: “A peacock with a honey badger attitude.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2023
Aspinall had admitted he was "scared" of Pavlovich in the pre-fight build-up, but compared himself to a honey badger, saying he would fight with fearless aggression once the octagon door closed.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2023
A 3-year-old who can absolutely use the potty, but is a real honey badger about it.
From Slate ● May 18, 2020
Its ferocious cousin, the honey badger, is an Internet celebrity for having “no regard for any other animal … It just takes what it wants.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2020
Later, when she listened to the hoot of an eagle owl, the hiss of a genet, and the hrrr-hrrr grunt of a foraging honey badger, she didn’t feel quite as confident.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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