Word: buffalo
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...interested to read about the flourishing buffalo population, but the author couldn't resist reminding us that the species Bison bison is not a true buffalo [March 26]. I don't understand the zeal for upholding this distinction when similar misidentities are usually ignored. For example, the pronghorn antelope is really not an antelope, and the jackrabbit is not a rabbit. Let's give bison a rest and let the buffalo roam--along with other common usages...
Maybe one word explains much of what went wrong with the conservative movement: hubris. John Griffiths, BUFFALO CITY...
...yourself as a motivator? -Mohit Virendra from Buffalo...
...kill prey much more efficiently than by approaching on foot, as they had done for the previous 9,000 years. Steam power allowed for the cheap transport of bison hides, and in the 1870s tanners learned to make useful leather from them. Demand soared, and the new Sharps "buffalo rifle" allowed hunters to meet that demand. The last significant bison hunt ended in 1883, when there were almost none left...
There has been a lot of hoopla surrounding the N word recently. Are you ever going to stop using it? - Nyamisi Muindi, Buffalo...