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Can i use the term bunny boiler, as the narrator to describe an unseen character? Or is it too obscure or cliche pop reference?
 

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I don't know what it means either. I thought you were making a play on "plot bunnies."
 

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"Bunny boiler"? No idea what that means, but how can I get my hands on one? There's a certain manic, pole-dancing, blue bunny I'd like to test it on.

Here's a fun fact: I saw this online once and jotted it down, I don't know the source~

Rabbits are lapine.

Others include: cervine (deer), ovine (sheep), equine (horse), caprine (goat), avian (bird), and the one that needs no description: asinine.

:D
 

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I’d say it’s obscure. For reference I’m in my mid-20s. I’m not sure which audience you’re trying to target, but I don’t think many people in my age group will know the term. I could be wrong, but yeah. :Shrug:
 

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I had something for this...
No idea what that means, but that doesn't preclude me from wanting to get my hands on one to put that lapine pole-dancer out of his/her/its misery.

Here's a fun fact: I saw this online once and jotted it down, I don't know the source~

Rabbits are lapine.

Others include: cervine (deer), ovine (sheep), equine (horse), caprine (goat), avian (bird), and the one that needs no description: asinine.

:D
I'm sensing this is a hurtful post. I'm very intuitive about these things.
 

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Looking at the responses, I think perhaps it's more common in the UK than the US? (Pretty common slang around here, even among the young 'uns who don't know where it comes from)

I think you're right; I'm familiar with it (though I only saw the film in recent years) and was a bit surprised to find that most responders to the OP hadn't come across the term before.

Poor bunny...
 

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Never heard of it (US, though).

I initially read "bunny" as a mistake for "birdie." (Lion King reference. :D )
 

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Depends what your purpose is in using it. I'm familiar with the term, and vaguely recall it refers to a character who turned a family pet into stew. I haven't seen the film and have utterly zero desire to see it, tbh.

If you need a reference that everyone will get, this isn't it. But there are ways of using references that ensure people will get them.

Frex:

"She's a bunny boiler."
"Oh, come on, she's not stalking you with a stew pan, dude."
 

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I know the term very well, I've used it before to describe stalkerish people, too. I've also just used the term "fatal attraction", too. Wouldn't be too obscure for me. *shrug*
 

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I recognize it, but I'm known for referring to people as "boil-your-bunny-rabbit crazy" so... *shrug*
 

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Yes. In general reference to a scary/stalker type female.

That's the one. Its a common phrase down our way.

I haven't seen the film, so I'm probably guilty of of using it out of context. The wife once used the term to describe a peculiar check out girl that would scowl at her whilst drawing tiny love hearts on my receipt and asking random questions about me. Guess that line was shortest for a reason.

The gist of the responses here tell me I'll need a better analogy. Back to the drawing board.

Kind regards.
 
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