there's a word for this! it's called a kenning! like how the chinese word for computer translates to 'electric brain', or how the korean word for ankle is literally 'foot neck'
Like the new Indian immigrant who was attacked by a Canada goose and, not knowing what to call it, yelled for his coworkers to chase away the cobra-chicken.
Or the French for escalator: mechanical stairs. Not as poetic as cobra-chicken though.
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i do love cobra chicken lmao