seafood

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Etymology

sea +‎ food

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiːfuːd/
  • (file)

Noun

seafood (usually uncountable, plural seafoods)

  1. Fish, shellfish, seaweed, and other edible aquatic life.
    Synonym: fruit of the sea

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Chinese

Etymology 1

From English seafood, which resembles the pronunciation of 屎窟 (si2 fat1, buttocks), in turn an ellipsis of 屎窟鬼 (si2 fat1 gwai2, asshole).

Pronunciation


Noun

seafood

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, euphemistic) asshole; jerk; shithead
    old seafood [Cantonese]  ―  ou1 si1 fut1   ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    seafood [Cantonese]  ―  lou5 si1 fut1   ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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Etymology 2

From English seafood, which resembles the pronunciation of 師父师父 (shīfu) and is the way the believers refer to him. Possibly via Cantonese 師父师父 (si1 fu6-2).

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Proper noun

seafood

  1. (Taiwan, slang) Liu Chin-lung, founder and leader of the cult Rulaizong