# Name the professional animals **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 1, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-professional-animals/501615 "2009-07-01T19:36:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NoRadar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/41988e/32.png) [@NoRadar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoRadar)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-professional-animals/501615/21 "2009-07-03T22:50:51Z")
lion’s share eagle eye goat fuck ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-professional-animals/501615/22 "2009-07-03T23:00:16Z")
um, some of these aren’t professions. not to be a [nitpicker](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nit) ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8797f3/32.png) [@Brainiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-professional-animals/501615/23 "2009-07-05T21:07:08Z")
Clever. And nitpicker qualifies if the nit picks cotton professionally An eider down comforter qualifies if the eider treats depression Rabbit ears qualify under _ear[sup]7[/sup]- listener_, if paid to do so, say as a radio censor ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-professional-animals/501615/24 "2009-07-07T16:43:41Z")
Ball hawks (athletes who are skilled at stealing or catching the ball) Bloodhounds (detectives) Chickenhawks (pro-military politicians who did not themselves serve) Squids (US Navy sailors) ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-professional-animals/501615/25 "2009-07-07T16:51:04Z")
Stool pigeon (police informant) Cash cow (money-earner) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-professional-animals/501615/26 "2009-07-07T18:25:51Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Squids (US Navy sailors) Some of whom are frogmen and/or SEALS. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8797f3/32.png) [@Brainiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-professional-animals/501615/27 "2009-07-07T19:38:16Z")
or sea dogs carpenter ants carrier pigeons ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-professional-animals/501615/28 "2009-07-07T19:40:59Z")
Huh. “Ball hawk” and “ball cock”, but no “ball hog”. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-professional-animals/501615/29 "2009-07-08T16:39:27Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Card shark or pool shark. It’s card sharp, I believe. Out of use now, but in the slang of several decades ago, a bull was a cop. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-professional-animals/501615/30 "2009-07-08T17:27:10Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > in the slang of several decades ago, a bull was a cop. and later, a cop was a _pig._ Can’t believe we missed that one. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-professional-animals/501615/31 "2009-07-08T17:35:48Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > It’s card sharp, I believe. [Apparently it is either one.](http://www.snopes.com/language/phrases/cardshark.asp) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-professional-animals/501615.md?page=1)