is a bear catholic
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Ginny: Do you want me? / Isaac: Yes. I want you very much. You don’t need to ask that. / Ginny: You really want me? / Isaac: Is a bear Catholic? / Ginny: What are you talking about? / Isaac: It’s a variation on the old saw—here’s the whole thing. Is a bear Catholic? Does the Pope shit in the woods?"
- "ludlow: “‘Rosebud’ in the third race at Pimlico.” (I’m so tired of Russian food, I could eat a horse.) / me: “This little piggy went to market.” (Before I left home, I went by the Piggly Wiggly supermarket and picked up a couple of cans of pork and beans for the trip. Want some?) / ludlow: “Is a bear Catholic?” (In the name of God, yes.)"
- "“Take on final supplies. Stock up. Top off the fuel tanks, the water tanks, and stock the food lockers—” / “And la cerveza locker, sí, Juan?” Ireland laughed. / “Is a bear Catholic, Rámon? The cerveza locker? The cerveza locker? This ain’t gonna be an easy trip, not easy, no, but we’re going to be living good.” John raised a beer and we touched cans."
Etymology
A combination of the two rhetorical questions is the Pope Catholic? and does a bear shit in the woods?. Compare does the Pope shit in the woods?.