mousesicle

English

Etymology

From mouse +‎ -sicle.

Noun

mousesicle (plural mousesicles)

  1. (informal, humorous) A cold or frozen mouse.
    • 1995 September 18, Scott Alexander Ganas, “Re: Beginner Snake Feeding Qs”, in rec.pets.herp‎[1] (Usenet):
      Jay, I heard that the best way to serve a "mousesicle" was by grabbing it's[sic] tail with tweezers and putting it into the cage and allowing the snake to strike at it.
    • 1999 August 19, Paul Martin, “Re: Creepy Stories to Chill Your Bones (Was: Newbie Says Hi, Pukes)”, in misc.writing‎[2] (Usenet):
      An acquaintance of mine worked in a medical lab. Apparently at this lab they kept liquid nitrogen around for some reason, which was not advisable with this clown running around in there. One day he caught a live mouse, and being the Beavis-like cretin he was dumped it into a container of liquid nitrogen. He removed it after a minute, looking over his mousesicle, then threw it as hard as he could at the wall. The mouse shattered like crystal, of course.
    • 2011, Roberto Ronchim, Christian Aliprandi, & Davide Turotti, Geronimo Stilton #28: Wedding Crasher, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 58:
      I shivered. Well, that explains why I felt like a walking mousesicle.
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