Let's not fight over the right meaning for this one!
8 years ago
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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xjdqs [pl. noun SHID-əks]
Eyeball-removal tools used by the nearly-extinct Xjxjq tribe of Outer Mongolia, in the sacred rabbit-sacrifice ritual of Xjqu.
"This is actually similar to the Western ritual of bouquet-throwing," noted the anthropologist as he watched all of the young Xjxjq women waiting, xjdqs in hand, in hopes that they would catch the snow-white rabbit and win the right to remove and eat its eyes.