ˈtwitter, n.2
2.2 Whaling. The refuse of the case of the sperm-whale, consisting of a gummy and thready substance (Cent. Dict. 1891).
I think this alone has made the OED worth its purchase price.
(It does not, however, justify the intensely awful UI on the Mac.)
Who knew that the word ‘twitter’ and ‘whale’ were linked before the now-infamous “fail whale”?
And a “sperm” whale, at that…
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