Talk:pigeon
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Derived terms: This very large section includes many vernacular names of pigeon species and subspecies and many pigeon breeds (shown as Columba livia domestica, which is not a universally accepted species AFAICT), such as the 700 or so listed at w:List of pigeon breeds. These are probably legitimate. Some of the items in the DT section seem on their face to be SoP, but may be on the list or be short names for breeds on the list. It would help if someone knowledgeable about pigeon breeding could sort through this list. I will work on the vernacular names of species in the meanwhile. DCDuring TALK 15:58, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
- IMO most of the domestic pigeon breeds shouldn't be included here: pigeon isn't an integral part of the name, and a Google books search for "Arabian trumpeter pigeon", for example, turns up exactly zero hits. It would be like having bassett hound dog as a derived term under dog. Chuck Entz (talk) 01:39, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
- To me this looks like an excellent list. RFC removed --WF on Holiday (talk) 19:08, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
ride pigeon as is ride shotgun --Backinstadiums (talk) 19:43, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
- I can find no evidence for this. Equinox ◑ 14:59, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
pigeon/pidgin[edit]
I first came across this old-fashioned word in the film ‘Brief Encounter’, in the unlikely line “Pneumonocomiosis is my pidgin/pigeon” (not sure if there’s an official screenplay spelling online for this though)Overlordnat1 (talk) 08:11, 12 July 2021 (UTC)