fuck-you lizard

Meaning

Noun

• The tokay gecko (Gekko gecko (species)), native to Southeast Asia.

Origin

• Named during the Vietnam War, as the lizard's cry could be heard as fuck you. The fuck sound is quite clear and short in duration, followed by a pause of about half a second and the elongated you. The same sound could also be heard as tokay (as in tokay gecko), as tokeh (as in tokeh-tokeh), or as tuctoo, all of which are other English names of the lizard.
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