Lost Word of the Day - Zoon

zoon 

1864, from Gk. zoion “animal”

There is a nasty, horrible, vile animal hanging around our front porch. Between the animal and the pollen, my allergies are giving me fits. I'm hoping if we refuse to feed it that it will just move on to someone else's house.

Gideon, our 100+ pound chocolate lab was the first to notice it. Through his canine barking, he told us exactly what was on the front porch, and said it looked like this:

However, what awaited us looked more like this:

Proof that all men exaggerate, regardless of their species.