Dog

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The language supposedly spoken by dogs
• The eleventh of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
• Newcastle Brown Ale

Related

Similar words

• dog, dogspeak
• Broon , Broonale , Journey into Space , Newkie Brown

Origin

• The figurative sense "Newcastle Brown Ale" comes from the euphemism "I'm going to walk the dog" or "I'm going to see a man about a dog", meaning "I'm going to the pub for a drink". This was further popularised by a 1980s advertising campaign.