Words of the Week
     Welcome!  Those of you who are serious about crabs are probably interested in staying up to date with all the latest crab lingo.  Therefore, ColonialCrabs is offering this page as a consolidated source for "crab-speak" and slang derivations thereof.  Make sure to visit at least once a week so you don't become uncool!
11/09/01
crabitat (n) - A habitat designed especially for hermit crabs, usually in a large cage or aquarium.  "Can you believe how swank that crabitat was?!"
crabaceous (adj) - Ill-tempered, pugnacious, and truculent.  Having a combative nature.  "Look at Jasper and Ahab fighting each other! They are certainly crabaceous today!"
purple pincher (n) - Nickname for the Caribbean variety of hermit crab, drawing from their possession of a large, purple claw. 
var. P.P.  "Even though Ecuadorian hermit crabs chirp, I still think P.P.s are cuter."
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