AskOxford: New Words: "• noun an animal said to exist in parts of Central America, where it supposedly attacks animals, especially goats.
— origin Spanish, literally ‘goatsucker’, from chupar ‘to suck’ cabra ‘goat’.
I suspect that Jayme Blaschke is responsible for this addition. You can see the others if you click the link above.
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I like "chugger", to which we could add the prefix "tele" to identify those excluded from the "no call" registry.
David H. Doerrer
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