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I'm guessing "prawn" is local slang for some insect, because I'd only ever heard it refer to the seafood (like shrimp) or those aliens in District 9
by smcl 4y ago
I'm guessing "prawn" is local slang for some insect, because I'd only ever heard it refer to the seafood (like shrimp) or those aliens in District 9
- SideburnsOfDoom 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parktown_prawn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parktown_prawn > The Parktown prawn or African king cricket The term used in District 9 also comes from this
- smcl 4y agoOh man the pictures on the wiki don't do it justice - I checked for one with scale and they're a fair size!
- dematz 4y agoAccording to the wikipedia article they jump and shoot ink and are generally very annoying, to the extent that there's an april fools day story that they were genetically modified... one of the sources has some funny stories/comics/attestations to the horror of prawns https://ourfiresidestories.com/the-parktown-prawn-chronicles/ https://ourfiresidestories.com/the-parktown-prawn-chronicles...