merman
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Louie’s face appears on a merman swimming near a shipwreck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025
But the first mermaid that comes into focus doesn’t so much evoke wonder as it does a flashback of Ben Stiller’s merman in “Zoolander.”
From Washington Times ● May 23, 2023
One merman even ventured into a local tavern, where he splayed himself out atop the bar, puffing a long cigarette.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2020
Though not a real merman, this example of a Japanese ningyo — which translates to “human fish” — is striking in its own right.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2018
The merman came around with his trident, now the mermaid, now the lion, and then the unicorn drifted into sight, even slower now.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
Jeff Hillyard was working as a forklift salesman when he saw a call on Facebook for guys willing to pose as mermen.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2020
Dive Bar’s 40-foot-long aquarium, located above the main bar, holds 7,500 gallons of saltwater, 60-some tropical fish and, on occasion, mermaids and mermen.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2018
Chandler of the Merfest, in particular, deals with them as one of the few males, called mermen, who put on a tail - which he does for “fun and exercise,” not for money.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2015
Photograph: Robert Azmitia/Demotix for the Guardian “I don’t think the merman market has been huge because people are people have been uncomfortable with it,” Candy Ducharme said, attributing the lack of mermen to “fear”.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 14, 2015
Once he had sat by the canal with Bo and Mosca, and Bo had claimed that mermen and mermaids had built those steps.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
