- n. Alternative form of orangutan.
- n. large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits
- From Malay orang utan. (Wiktionary)
“The Miami D.A., a balding, orangutang-looking fellow with the nick-name “Fat Man,” though few knew why, took no prisoners as he wsaterboarded the local crimelords like they were Gitmo leftovers.”
“Candida is one of the most despicable main characters in a continuing fumetti series, that's for sure, here is pic of Nadine holding her pet orangutang Phallus: 2. Maya De Rosales, The Mantis of Panama from the series Jolanka”
“Even though time is short, there is a theatrically-lit scene of the orangutang calmly insisting that he dresses himself in clothes, as he always did before his lifetime of performance, before going out into the world.”
“Today I am at work, though I have the mental acuity of a drugged orangutang, or maybe a member of congress.”
“My bottlenose dolphin beat my orangutang for realism, but every animal had its shot.”
“Mainspring was a great book up until about 3/4 of the way through when the love interest is an orangutang and the happy ending for the protagonist is living as a cripple in the jungle with more orangutangs. ps-those sex scenes were horrific Jay:”
“And a side note, Acara means event (ph) in Malaysia and you guys know for the record that it is an orangutan and not orangutang.”
“And, um, Charles, you might lift your sights from cliched evolution-bashing JUST long enough to recognize what is, in fact, STILL happening to chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutang populations as their habitat is destroyed by farmers and their bodies are butchered by poachers and sold as “bush meat.””
“It is a big ole female orangutang called Sue, what has been captured in the jungles of Sumatra or someplace.”
“There was this other orangutang in the exhibit, name of Doris, what was one of the finest-looking apes he had ever seed, an after a wile, they fell in love.”
These user-created lists contain the word ‘orangutang’.
With grateful acknowledgement of the inspiration of Brian Case's list at McSweeneys.com.
See also the companion list, Things That Escape When You Remove the "G" from Them.
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