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Appendix:Variations of "dog"
English
Etymology
The figurative sense "Newcastle Brown Ale" comes from the euphemism "I'm going to walk the dog" or "I'm going to en 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.https://books.google.com/books?id=5FA1R3fKY_wC&pg=PT48 How to Talk Like a Local: From Cockney to Geordie, a national companion Susie Dent Random House 9781409061946 2010
Noun
en noun
en World War II era joint US/RAF radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter D.
en Delta
Proper noun
+ (zodiac)
en humorous The language supposedly spoken by dogs
2005 w:Jean Little Forward, Shakespeare! https://books.google.com/books?id=R9KYW0iHmfIC&pg=PA2 9781554696239 2 Orca Book Publishers en Shakespeare could understand Human, the language used by people, as well as Dog, the telepathic speech with which canines communicated with each other.
2006 Andrew Cope Spy Dog: Captured! https://books.google.com/books?id=ZqG5NVXBFbUC&pg=PT12 9780141937007 12 Penguin UK en Lara's biggest frustration was that she could only speak one language – her native tongue of Dog. She would have loved to learn to speak Human but this was beyond the spy-training programme.
en 2015 Harper Lin Pawsitively Dead: A Wonder Cats Mystery I blinked. “I thought you were talking to Blake about a dog.”“Cath,” Jake said, “I'm trying to be more open about this. Didn't you just say that you could talk to animals?”The realization dawned on me. “I don't speak Dog very well, but it's worth a try.”
The eleventh of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
en Geordie slang Newcastle Brown AleLast orders http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/last-orders-1466093 Evening Chronicle 25 January 2008 9 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20251201141701/https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/last-orders-1466093 1 December 2025
en 2006 w:Verity Stob The Best of Verity Stob 8 This article celebrates the fine city of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, situated in northeast England, and its gentle inhabitants, the Geordies. Oh yes. Nothing like a pint of dog to establish oneself as a suave sophisticate.
Brown Ale: History, Brewing Techniques, Recipes 2017 Ray Daniels; Jim Parker 35 https://books.google.com/books?id=HKYoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA35 9781938469442 Brewers Publications en This popularity has led to another nickname for the beer in its local market: the Dog. Pubgoers in the Northeast often refer to their nightly trip to the pub as “going out to walk the dog.” And because Newcastle Brown Ale is often the beer they are seeking, the company has launched a whole new advertising campaign referring to its beer as "the Dog."
en astronomy with definite article The Dog Star; Sirius.
en 1869 Matthew Arnold Early Poems, Narrative Poems and Sonnets 1885 Macmillan and Co. London 150 But he must ever watch the northern Bear,Who from her frozen height with jealous eyeConfronts the Dog and the Hunter in the south,And is alone not dipt in Ocean's stream.
Synonyms
The language spoken by dogs dog, dogspeak
Newcastle Brown Ale en Broon Geordie, en Broonale Geordie, en Journey into Space Geordie idiomatic, en Newkie Brown
Translations
The language supposedly spoken by dogs
Dutch: nl honds, nl Honds
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References
Anagrams
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en Beer