sea-lionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From sea +‎ lion, named from its marine habitat and its lion-like barking roar and mane. Compare 中期英語 see hound, cee-hound, se hound (“beaver”, literally “sea-hound”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈsiː ˈlaɪən/, /ˈsiːˌlaɪən/

名詞

sea lion (plural sea lions)

1. A marine mammal of most genera in the family Otariidae (the eared seals).
   • 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

     But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.

   • 2010, Larry Medina, The Adventures of Peek a Boo the Sea Lion, unnumbered page:

     Peek a Boo said, "I'm sorry guys, please tell my father that I'm ok. You see, I'm trying to become the first sea lion to become a Navy Seal.” The Jamaican Shaken Crabs looked at each other and said, “I don't know if your father told you, but you're a sea lion and no sea lion has ever become a Navy Seal."

   • 2013, Caroline Arnold, Sea Lion‎, page 28:

     Sea lion pups are born with baby teeth, but most of these are replaced with permanent adult teeth by the time the pup is four months old. An adult sea lion has a total of 34 to 36 teeth, with 10 incisors in the front (six in the upper jaw and four in the lower jaw) plus two long canines and 10 to 12 cheek teeth on each side. Sea lions do not chew their food.

   • 2013, Paul Binder, Never Quote the Weather to a Sea Lion: And Other Uncommon Tales from the Founder of the Big Apple Circus‎, page 6:

     When people ask me what the circus is really like behind the scenes, I tell them about runaway gypsy wagons, vanished acrobats, desperate ringmasters and recalcitrant sea lions to name a few.

2. (heraldry) A monster consisting of the upper part of a lion combined with the tail of a fish (a lion marined).
3. (US, slang, historical) A steamer transporting cattle from the ports of Texas.
4. (US, slang, historical) A cow or bull transported by steamer from the ports of Texas.

派生語

参考

動詞

sea lion (third-person singular simple present sea lions, present participle sea lioning, simple past and past participle sea lioned)

1. (rare) Alternative form of sealion (“engage in disingenuous debate”).

Further reading

• (mammal): sea lion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (monster): sea-lion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• Eliason, Selonia, Sloanie, aloesin, alosine, anisole, læsion

語源

The verb is from “The Terrible Sea Lion”, a 2014 strip in the webcomic Wondermark, in which a character expresses a dislike of sea lions and a passing sea lion repeatedly, intrusively asks the character to justify this.

発音

• IPA: /ˈsiːlaɪən/

動詞

sealion (third-person singular simple present sealions, present participle sealioning, simple past and past participle sealioned)

1. (Internet slang, derogatory) To intrude on a conversation with probing questions in an attempt to engage in unwanted debate, usually disingenuously as a form of harassment or trolling.
   • 2015 January 28, Andrew Wheeler, “Agent Carter’ Recap, Episode 4: The Blitzkrieg Button”, in Comics Alliance‎, archived from the original on 2015-02-03:

     There, Peggy speaks for every angry marginalised person who’s ever been sealioned or tone-policed in a disagreement.

   • 2015 March 24, Sarah Seltzer, “Beyond Mansplaining: A New Lexicon of Misogynist Trolling Behaviors”, in Flavorwire‎, archived from the original on 2015-03-25:

     The purpose of sealioning never to actually learn or become more informed.

   • 2015 April 1, Arthur Chu, “Trevor Noah and the Toxicity of Twitter: A Cocktail Party Conversation That’s Being Refereed”, in The Daily Beast‎, archived from the original on 2017-11-05:

     I can attest to reactionary right-wing trolls being the black belt masters of Internet pile-ons, or as Wondermark has indelibly dubbed the practice, “sealioning.”

   • 2015 November 19, Cathy Young, “The dangers of going too far to curb online harassment”, in Washington Post‎, archived from the original on 2015-11-20:

     Popular definitions of harassment also extend to “sealioning” — a recently coined term based on an Internet comic, “The Terrible Sea Lion” — which seems to mean little more than unwelcome attempts to engage someone in debate.

別の表記

• sea lion (rare)

派生語

名詞

sealion (plural sealions)

1. (uncommon) Alternative form of sea lion
2. (Internet slang, derogatory) One who engages in sealioning.

   Synonym: sealioner

   • 2014 December 2, Glenn Fleishman, “Twitter takes aim at trolls—and promises more”, in Boing Boing‎, archived from the original on 2014-12-03:

     Randi's list is a key reason I've been able to continue to use Twitter, as it prevents relentless ideological sealions from crowding my mentions.

参照

アナグラム

• Eliason, Selonia, Sloanie, aloesin, alosine, anisole, læsion