fishsicle

English

Etymology

fish +‎ -sicle

Noun

fishsicle (plural fishsicles)

  1. (informal, humorous) A cold or frozen fish.
    • 1994, Aquarium Fish Magazine, volume 7, number 3, page 8:
      This would certainly be a perfect time to replace it [your aquarium's heater] — if something goes wrong you'll either have fishsicles or bouillabaisse.
    • 2008, Alvin Silverstein, Virginia B. Silverstein, & Laura Silverstein Nunn, Adaptation, Twenty-First Century Books, →ISBN, page 51:
      Fish can swim in the icy waters without turning into fishsicles because many of them make chemicals that keep their blood from freezing.
    • 2015, Memory and Magic‎, Disney Press, →ISBN:
      […] The ice boat had carried them home with their baskets of fish. Elsa froze the fish and snuck them into the kitchens.
      "Fishsicles!" five-year-old Anna shouted in delight.

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