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"Holy cow!" (and other similar terms), an exclamation of surprise used mostly in the United States, Canada, Australia, and England, is a minced oath or euphemism. The expression dates to at latest 1905. [ 1 ]
According to film critics Deborah Cartmell and Imelda Whelehan, Robin's quip "Holey Rusted Metal!" in Batman Forever was an "explicit in-joke". [6] Camp humour, [7] through Robin's exclamations and other circumstances in the Batman series, have led some commentators to speculate on homosexual undertones in the relationship between Batman and ...
Holy cow may refer to: Holy cow (expression), an exclamation of surprise; Cattle in religion, particularly in Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, and ancient Egyptian religion; Bull (mythology), as it pertains to ancient mythology; Holy Cow, a 2015 novel by David Duchovny; Holy Cow, an Indian Hindi-language film; Holy Cow, a French film
Various scenarios involving two cows have been used as metaphors in economic satire. "You have two cows" is a political analogy and form of early 20th century American political satire to describe various economic systems of government.
In 2004, a Florida legislator proposed a ban on "cruelty to bovines", stating: "A person who, for practice, entertainment, or sport, intentionally fells, trips, or otherwise causes a cow to fall or lose its balance using roping, lassoing, dragging, or otherwise touching the tail of the cow commits a misdemeanor of the first degree."
Operation Blooming Onion was an investigation conducted by the federal government of the United States into alleged fraud and criminal activity stemming from the H-2A visa program, primarily in South Georgia.
Mad Cowgirl is a low-budget film by Gregory Hatanaka released in 2006. Hatanaka dedicated the movie to Doris Wishman, who directed 1960s sexploitation films such as Diary of a Nudist, Behind the Nudist Curtain and Bad Girls Go to Hell, and actor John Cassavetes. [2]
Scholars argue that the animal–industrial complex is also responsible for spreading of diseases from animals to humans [2]: 198 [8] [26] such as the spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) owing to beef consumption, [26] and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. [8] [27] whose origin can be traced to the wet markets in China.