walking carpet

noun
/ˈwɔːkɪŋ ˈkɑːpɪt/UK/ˈwɔkɪŋ ˈkɑɹpɪt/US

Etymology

From a scene in the film Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, 1977), in which Princess Leia insults Chewbacca, a member of a race of hairy bipeds called Wookiees, by referring to him as a “walking carpet”.

Definitions

  1. An exceptionally hairy person.

    • I had *some* chest hairs, but it wasn't nearly as much as some guys I've seen (there were a couple of guys I saw in the locker room at school, both seniors, who were practically walking carpets).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA