walking-carpet

Noun

(plural walking carpets)

(slang, derogatory or humorous) An exceptionally hairy person.

Origin

From a scene in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, in which Princess Leia insults Chewbacca, a member of a race of hairy bipeds called Wookiees, by referring to him as a "walking carpet."

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