"milkshake duck" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: milkshake ducks [plural]
Etymology: From a Twitter post by Ben Ward (pixelatedboat) on June 12th, 2016: "The whole internet loves Milkshake Duck, a lovely duck that drinks milkshakes! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you the duck is racist". Head templates: {{en-noun}} milkshake duck (plural milkshake ducks)
  1. (Internet slang) Someone or something, especially on social media, that is widely considered to be endearing, but is then discovered to be or have done something deeply flawed or distasteful. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet memes
    Sense id: en-milkshake_duck-en-noun-vti8Y-Sa Disambiguation of Internet memes: 56 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 52 48

Verb

Forms: milkshake ducks [present, singular, third-person], milkshake ducking [participle, present], milkshake ducked [participle, past], milkshake ducked [past]
Etymology: From a Twitter post by Ben Ward (pixelatedboat) on June 12th, 2016: "The whole internet loves Milkshake Duck, a lovely duck that drinks milkshakes! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you the duck is racist". Head templates: {{en-verb}} milkshake duck (third-person singular simple present milkshake ducks, present participle milkshake ducking, simple past and past participle milkshake ducked)
  1. (Internet slang) To reveal (someone or something recently beloved by the internet) to be a milkshake duck (noun). Tags: Internet Synonyms: Milkshake Duck
    Sense id: en-milkshake_duck-en-verb-kTy5OfZV Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 52 48

Inflected forms

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