Noun
An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA giraffe has a black tongue twenty-seven inches long and no vocal cords. A giraffe has nothing to say. He just goes on giraffing. Robert Fulghum
No boys for me growing up! I was so skinny and tall. Everybody called me a giraffe. ... I had no boobs and no butt and nobody liked me, I was so lonely. All the boys would come to me and want advice because they wanted my friend. But nobody ever wanted me - high school was a very sad, lonely time. Izabel Goulart
Why didn't evolution make a giraffe good at carpentry so it could build a ladder? Karl Pilkington
You can't always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say, so sometimes you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream. Frank Zappa
You do not teach a giraffe to run. Bantu Proverb
God gave the giraffe a long neck so that He would not have to bend the palm tree. Arabic Proverb