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buzzard Baptist

buzzard Baptist
 n.— «I am what some ministers call a Buzzard Baptist. I never go to any regular service at the church, but I attend all the funerals.» —“Church members coin new definitions of their religion” by Jim Griffith Times-Herald (Newnan, Georgia) July 12, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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