toupan
/TOO-pan/
noun
DEFINITION
1 an occasionally birdlike apparition seen most often on windy days around unsuspecting suit-wearing crowds.
2 an occurrence that is usually only amusing to the observing parties, and quite the opposite to the involved party.
EXAMPLE SENTENCE
(We could not help but laugh as we saw the toupan riding the wind down the crowded city street; the man in pursuit did not seem at all amused.)
ORIGIN
French < Portuguese tucano < Tupi tucan [call imitation]
French (var. of toupet) < Old French to(u)p [tuft] + -et

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Adrian