pig dog

Meanings

Noun

• A dog bred to hunt wild pigs, typically based on breeds such as Staffordshire Terrier and English Bull Terrier.
• A stance used for surfing tubes on one’s backhand. The surfer crouches low over a bent front knee, back leg extending back, outside hand holding onto the outside rail, and inside arm extended upwards touching the face of the wave as a guide (or digging in to slow down).
• A contemptible or worthless person.

Verb

• To surf in the pig dog stance.

Related

Similar words

• swinehound

Origin

• Taj Burrow offers two (perhaps fanciful) explanations: that it is from the strange dog-like face most surfers get when in the stance (page 119) or that the stance is low and sturdy like a dog (glossary page 171).