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yeti

[yet-ee] / ˈjɛt i /
NOUN
abominable snowman
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NOUN
bigfoot
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“Imagine you had to publish a debunking of the yeti in the yeti-hunting journal and the only people who peer review it are yeti experts,” he says.

From Science Magazine Nov. 20, 2024

In the 1950s, after the first Gigantopithecus mandible was discovered, some suggested that it could be proof of the yeti, Bigfoot’s supposed Himalayan cousin.

From Slate Jan. 28, 2023

A huggable gray marled knit featured the brand name emblazoned across it and led the way for myriad shaggy, multicolor retro looks that came across as part-Woodstock, part mythical yeti.

From Seattle Times Jan. 18, 2023

“He’s a big beer yeti who just cares for the people around him. When he asks how you’re doing, he genuinely wants to know, and that’s bled through the business.”

From Washington Times Oct. 10, 2020

Muggle sightings of the yeti have been so numerous that the International Confederation of Wizards felt it necessary to station an International Task Force in the mountains on a permanent basis.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

"This amendment would make sure that we are protecting yetis, or Sasquatch or Bigfoot, from whatever this conspiracy is that we're passing in this legislation," he said during debate.

From BBC Apr. 2, 2024

By contrast, someone who says they encountered "ghosts, yetis, spirits, elves and other mythical/legendary entities" is classified as "AN3."

From Salon Apr. 7, 2022

There are fantasy reborns based on Pennywise the Dancing Clown and the Grinch, hybrid baby-animals, yetis, and ogres.

From The Verge Mar. 10, 2022

An urgent warning against the comforts of epistemological bubbles, “Smallfoot” is a children’s animated feature set in a village of yetis.

From New York Times Sep. 27, 2018

“My fleas tickle the yetis into submission. It’s actually a lot like how a Stun Stick works now that I think about it.”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston




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