What does Turkey mean in slang?

Slang. a person or thing of little appeal; dud; loser. a naive, stupid, or inept person.

What does the idiom a real turkey mean?

To go cold turkey means to stop a habit abruptly. To call someone a turkey is an insult. A turkey shoot describes something easy, usually a battle. Turkey-buzzards are not the same as the turkeys we eat on Thanksgiving.

It was in the 1970s, though, when calling these shady fools jive turkeys became a thing. Turkeys are known to gobble, adding to the sense of jive, and have been variously used to insult someone as “dull” or “worthless.”

Which is better a tom turkey or a hen turkey?

Most experts agree that a hen turkey is better than a tom, but it is probably a matter of personal preference. Hens are generally smaller than tom turkeys of the same age. Tom turkeys have larger bones and less edible portions, which may be reason for hens as preference.

Are store bought turkeys male or female?

Answer: Both genders are sold commercially. A turkey’s age is the biggest factor in how it tastes. Since old females have tough meat, the hens are usually eaten when they are young and small. Conversely, older males are preferred to younger ones because younger ones generally have stringy meat.

Do tom turkeys taste different?

Basically they do not taste any different, not that most people would know as the largest percentage of turkeys that are sold to us in stores are the hens and not the thoms.

Do turkeys call at night?

Turkeys Don’t Call as Much You’ll occasionally run across a noisy, gobbling fool in the late afternoon and evening. But more common is the silent, laid-back gobbler that doesn’t make a peep until sounding off on his limb for the night.

When they are sitting on the roost, gobblers tend to be more vocal since they are safe from predators and because they are trying to find the rest of the flock. Timing is everything. In the evenings wait to shock gobble turkeys until the last half hour of daylight.

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