dog egg
dog egg noun: a lump of dog faeces.
Noun
dog egg (plural dog eggs)
- A lump of dog faeces.
- For the first time a musical collector ‘dog’s egg’ created in the opulent Faberge tradition, capturing magnificently the magic of a fouled footpath.1997 October–November, “The Legendary Faberge Musical Dog’s Egg”, in Viz, number 86, page 2
- Terry was essentially stripped of the armband for boinking Wayne Bridge’s ex, and having a family of roughnecks who were as attractive to tabloid front pages as a nice, fat dog-egg is to a swarm of bluebottles.2011 March 15, Dan Jones, “Time to forgive and end all this moral hypocrisy”, in Evening Standard, page 59
- Synonyms:
- barker's egg
- A worthless or contemptible thing or person.
- The fact is Electronic Arts is slowly but surely swallowing up every game, every developer, every THING. It's spitting out anything that resembles originality and crapping out a conveyor belt of similar looking, similar smelling gaming dog-eggs.2005 April, “Review: TimeSplitters: Future Perfect”, in Nintendo Official Magazine, number 152, page 66
- You can smile and open your eyes wide and look as though you are showering the recipient with praise, but what you’re actually saying is, “You are a dog egg.”2014 March 9, Jeremy Clarkson, “Dear Uncle Tim, thank you for this opportunity to mock you for just 62p”, in The Sunday Times, page 10
Examples of dog egg in a sentence
- I had chosen to attend the British comedy awards which, once attended, could not be unattended, like the worm-ridden dog egg in the infant school playground which, once seen, cannot be unseen.2014 December 21, Stewart Lee, “I’ve had it with comedy awards – and so has my bounty hunter alter ego”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The...
- Even so, developers Scaly Software couldn’t resist the chance to make a quick buck, and so rushed out this utter dog egg of an update in just eight months.2017, Nate Crowley, 100 Best Video Games (That Never Existed), Oxford: Rebellion, page 108:
Synonyms of dog egg
Forms of dog egg
| plural | dog eggs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | dog-egg |
| alternative form | dog's egg |
Origin of dog egg
Probably popularised by the magazine Viz and its spin-off Roger's Profanisaurus books. Compare the Australian slang barker's egg, attested earlier.
Questions about dog egg
- What does dog egg mean?
- Dog egg means a lump of dog faeces.
- How do you use dog egg in a sentence?
- I had chosen to attend the British comedy awards which, once attended, could not be unattended, like the worm-ridden dog egg in the infant school playground which, once seen, cannot be unseen.
- What part of speech is dog egg?
- Dog egg is a noun.
- What is the plural of dog egg?
- The plural of dog egg is dog eggs.
Words near dog egg in the dictionary
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