flying purple people eater

plural flying purple people eaters · alternative flying purple people-eater

1. USA fanciful monster.

   I used to be afraid to go to bed at night — the name was "one-eyed, one-eared flying purple people-eater."

   2003, Darcy O'Brien, The Hillside Stranglers, page 249

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   He exits quickly, looking like he's just seen the one-eyed, one-horned flying purple people eater. "Some gooks are in there!"

   2001, James D. Johnson, Combat chaplain: a thirty-year Vietnam battle, page 181

   "Something ate the middle." / "I don't suppose that something was the flying purple people eater?" Chylak said. / He knew this scenario well: next Elliott would demand that his Happy Days night-light be left on all night

   2005, Eugena Pilek, Cooperstown, page 74

   Being rushed by a hungry, one-eyed, one-armed flying purple people eater and its pet Zygot, however, will cause very high levels of SNS action

   2007, Cody Lundin with Russell Miller and Christopher Marchetti, When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need to Survive When Disaster Strikes, page 47

   Synonyms: boogeyman