carcass
The body of a dead human, a corpse.
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fresh blood through tired skin new sweat to drown me in dress up this rotten carcass just to make it look alive
He'll hang it around their necks "like a dead animal carcass" m.youtube.com/watch?v=_sYG...
@ dermatologist awaiting the humiliating visual inspection of this old carcass. Happy Wednesday!
Rome is burning while Republicans fiddle our future away. We are going to be a destitute nation without resources if no action from Congress is taken to stop the voracious feeding off our country’s carcass.
Democracy's carcass www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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The body of a dead animal, especially a vertebrate or other animal having flesh.
Plate 31, figure B shows a desiccated carcass in the ventral position with a sharp S curvature in the vertebral column. Such pronounced drying-out of a carcass probably happens only when it is quickly carried to a dry place and exposed t…
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(meat trade) The body of a slaughtered animal, stripped of unwanted viscera, etc.
"carcass" means: The body of a slaughtered animal, stripped of unwanted viscera, etc.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"carcass" means: The body of a slaughtered animal, stripped of unwanted viscera, etc.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“fresh blood through tired skin new sweat to drown me in dress up this rotten carcass just to make it look alive”
— Bluesky· May 2026“He'll hang it around their necks "like a dead animal carcass" m.youtube.com/watch?v=_sYG...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“@ dermatologist awaiting the humiliating visual inspection of this old carcass. Happy Wednesday!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Rome is burning while Republicans fiddle our future away. We are going to be a destitute nation without resources if no action from Congress is taken to stop the voracious feeding off our country’s carcass.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Democracy's carcass www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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The body of a dead human, a corpse.
“Increased shark activity resulted from the mishandled towing of a whale carcass along the coast south of Sydney.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“‘The whale was not treated with the respect it deserved’: recriminations after carcass towed to Wollongong tip”
— Bluesky· May 2026“It was bloody lovely. I got one of those veg boxes in the Lidl, had two packets of asparagus in it plus loads of other stuff, for 2 quid. Asparagus alone would be more than that. Chicken soup from the carcass, thrifty innit.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“He is dangerous and crazy. Anyone that will put a piece of whale carcass on their car and bring it home, take a dead raccoon’s penis home, and exercise with Kid Rock in blue jeans has something serious mental problems 😒😥”
— Bluesky· May 2026“We know how the story goes, can’t we just fast forward to the bit at the end where the fucked up dictator shoots himself in the head and his goons burn his fetid carcass.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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