fuck-you lizard

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(military slang, vulgar) A tokay gecko (), native to Southeast Asia.

1988, Russell E. McLogan, Boy Soldier: Coming of Age During World War II, Terrus Press, [http://books.google.com/books?id=yZfhAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA141&dq=%22fuck-you+lizard%22#search_anchor page 141]:

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 ), or as tuctoo, all of which are other English names of the lizard. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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