Nessie
See also: nessie
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛsi
Proper noun
Nessie (plural Nessies)
- (informal, cryptozoology) The Loch Ness monster.
- 2002, "The Case for the Loch Ness 'Monster': The Scientific Evidence" by Henry H. B. Auer. Journal of Scientific Exploration, vol 16 no 2, pp. 225-246.
- That flurry of activity had been set off by a magisterial book (Whyte, 1957), reinforced by Dinsdale’s filming of a Nessie (Dinsdale, 1961) and culminating in successful underwater photography (Rines et al., 1976) by the Academy of Applied Science (AAS). Nessies were assigned the taxonomic identity Nessiteras rhombopteryx (Anonymous, 1975).
- 2014, John Oliver, “Scottish Independence”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 17, written by Tim Carvell; Josh Gondelman; Dan Gurewitch; Jeff Maurer; Ben Silva; Will Tracy; Jill Twiss; Seena Vali; Julie Weiner, HBO, Warner Bros. Television:
- And if it comes down to just one vote, we all know who will be called upon to break that tie. Go with your gut, Nessie. You do you, Nessie, you do you.
- 2002, "The Case for the Loch Ness 'Monster': The Scientific Evidence" by Henry H. B. Auer. Journal of Scientific Exploration, vol 16 no 2, pp. 225-246.
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