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dog
noun- an unattractive woman or man US, 1937
Originally by men of women which, in the UK, has remained the predominant sense. - And Suzie better not be a dog. — Barry Humphries, A Nice Night’s Entertainment, p. 171, 1978
- What’s the difference between a dog and a fox? About six beers. — Maledicta, p. 291, 1988–1989
- Rex, if you are going to play up on Lynne, you could do better than that. She’s a dog. — Rex Hunt, Tall Tales–and True, p. 9, 1994
- [T]he woman on the door of the clip-joint was the same “old dog” (as the Licensing Officer had poetically described her)[.] — Kitty Churchill, Thinking of England, p. 191, 1995
- [T]hey did use to bring home some right old dogs and slappers. — Dave Courtney, Stop the Ride I Want to Get Off, p. 237, 1999
- She might be a slag and a dog, but anybody that thinks they can fuck with my family is going to find out different. — Val McDermid, Keeping on the Right Side of the Law, p. 179, 1999
- Give us the fucking beasts, la, give us the dogs any fucking time. — Kevin Sampson, Clubland, p. 85, 2002
- a sexually transmitted infection US
- — Joseph E. Ragen and Charles Finston, Inside the World’s Toughest Prison, p. 797, 1962: “Penitentiary and underworld glossary”
- — Maledicta, p. 228, Summer/Winter 1981: “Sex and the single soldier”
- a informer to the police or, in prison, to the prison authorities AUSTRALIA, 1848
- [T]he worst thing you can call a prisoner is a dog. — Ray Denning, Prison Diaries, p. 31, 1978
- Old Bob spat at him. “Only dogs work wif screws.” — Bob Jewson, Stir, p. 31, 1980
- “Some arsehole dog gave us up to the pigs,” he growled. — Kathy Lette, Girls’ Night Out, p. 99, 1987
- It wasn’t easy to do, I didn’t want them to think I was weak or a dog but I had to get away and I did. — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 155, 1988
- a prison warder AUSTRALIA, 1919
- Break off, he yells, and when they disappear from view one of the yard’s innumerable heros calls: Fucking dog. — Kevin Mackey, The Cure, p. 100, 1970
- “I want t’ keep as far away from that dog as I can.” “Aw, he’s changed, mate.” “Screws never change,” snarled China. — Bob Jewson, Stir, p. 30, 1980
- — William Dodson, The Sharp End, p. 11, 2001
- a traitor AUSTRALIA, 1896
- Man was a dog at the end of the day, no two ways about it. Lad was a fucking dog. — Kevin Sampson, Clubland, p. 5, 2002
- used as a general form of friendly address (without any negative connotations) US, 1995
A rare positive use of “dog”, synonymous with “man”, possibly influenced by rap artist Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus, b.1972). Also Spelt “dogg” and “dawg”. - — Linda Meyer, Teenspeak!, p. 28, 1994
- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 3, April 1995
- The rap page biz [publishing] is murder, dog. — The Source, p. 36, March 2002
- a freshman, or first-year college student US
- — Marcus Hanna Boulware, Jive and Slang of Students in Negro Colleges, 1947
- the grade “D” US, 1964
- — Collin Baker et al., College Undergraduate Slang Study Conducted at Brown University, p. 106, 1968
- a cigarette-end UK
A shortened DOG END- — M. Harrison, Spring in Tartarus, 1935
- a marijuana cigarette US
- — Jim Emerson-Cobb, Scratching the Dragon, April 1997
- — Pamela Munro, U.C.L.A. Slang, p. 61, 2001
- in sports betting, the underdog US, 1975
- — Bay Sports Review, p. 8, November 1991
- in poker, a worthless hand US
- — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 29, 1988
- in horse racing, a racehorse with little value US, 1840
- — David W. Maurer, Argot of the Racetrack, p. 24, 1951
- But, anyway, a real dog had come in at a hundred-and-forty for two. — Jim Thompson, The Grifters, p. 63, 1963
- in pool, a difficult shot US
- — Mike Shamos, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards, p. 79, 1993
- in horse racing, a sawhorse used to keep horses away from the rail during a workout on a muddy track US
- — Dean Alfange, The Horse Racing Industry, p. 212, 1976
- in poker, the fourth player to the left of the dealer US
- — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 26, 1988
- a sausage; a hot dog UK, 1845
Derives from the belief that dog meat was used as a sausage filler; this led to a hot sausage in a roll being called a “hot dog”. In a fine example of circular etymology “hot dog” now abbreviates to “dog”, and “dog” is once again a sausage; most consumers are no longer concerned about dog meat. - Richard Branson or Sir Alan Hansen carving up the money markets over a dog roll and a cuppa[.] — Andrew Nickolds, Back to Basics, p. 74, 1994
- [They] bounced over a speed-bump and turned erratically into Abbey Road. “Bugger.” Mo’s dog had gone all over the place. — Michael Moorcock, The Spencer Inheritance [britpulp], p. 3, 1998
- the foot US
- — Joseph E. Ragen and Charles Finston, Inside the World’s Toughest Prison, p. 796,
- “Penitentiary and underworld glossary”
- a piece of paper money TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1986
- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
- an F86-DC aircraft US
- — American Speech, p. 228, October 1956: “More United States Air Force slang”
- a failure of a song or film US, 1929
- — Arnold Shaw, Lingo of Tin-Pan Alley, p. 10, 1950
- The movie is a dog, but Larry likes it because Natalie Wood is in it and he says during the intermission that Charlotte looks a lot like Natalie Wood. — Darryl Ponicsan, The Last Detail, p. 104, 1970
▶ dog tied up
an unpaid debt AUSTRALIA, 1905- Shot himself, poor bloody chap. In financial strife. Got too big and went bust. Left a lot of dogs tied up I shouldn’t wonder. — Wilda Moxham, The Apprentice, p. 137, 1969
▶ it shouldn’t happen to a dog
a catchphrase used to complain about the manner in which a human has been treated US, 1968
of Yiddish origin, according to Leo Rosten, Encounter, September 1968.▶ it’s a dog’s life
used of a meagre existence UK, 1969
A catchphrase, generally used by someone enduring such a life.▶ like a big dog
to an extreme US- — Washington Post Magazine, p. 9, 6 September 1987
▶ like a dog watching television
in the position of doing something you do not understand US- — Susie Dent, The Language Report, p. 83, 2003
▶ on the dog
on credit US- Some bookies let reliable customers put it on the dog ... have credit. — Burgess Laughlin, Job Opportunities in the Black Market, p. 10–2, 1978
▶ put on the dog
to assume a superior, upper-class attitude US, 1865- But it’s really funny to watch these Californians trying to put on the dog. — Jack Kerouac, Letter to Caroline Kerouac Blake, p. 131, 25 September 1947
- She’s always putting on the dog–saying bahth and cahn’t and dahnce and like that. — Max Shulman, I was a Teen-Age Dwarf, p. 60, 1959
▶ run like a dog
to run or perform slowly AUSTRALIA- In layperson’s terms, this means if you don’t have a Pentium now, then that funky program that comes out tomorrow will run like a dog on your 486, if at all. — Beat, p. 47, 3 August 1996
▶ the dog dead
there is nothing more to say on the subject BARBADOS- — Frank A. Collymore, Barbadian Dialect, p. 40, 1965
▶ the dog has caught the car
a person (or group of people) who has achieved a goal and is now at a loss for what to do next US- It will be very difficult for Central Command to calibrate its war plan to everything taking place in the country now. The dog has caught the car. — Retired Major General Don Shepperd, CNN, 11 April 2003
▶ turn dog
to become a police informer AUSTRALIA, 1863- — William Dodson, The Sharp End, p. xv, 2001
- There was never a problem, though, because there was always a constant stream of give-ups ready to roll over and turn dog in return for personal gain. — William Dodson, The Sharp End, p. 82, 2001
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