Old Yeller

English Etymology From the eponymous dog in the novel Old Yeller and later film. Noun A situation in which something beloved must be killed or destroyed; a sad situation. en his kiss had felt like the Old Yeller of goodbyes https://www.google.com/books/edition/Accidentally_Ever_After/dE1fEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+old+yeller+of%22&pg=PT190&printsec=frontcover Accidentally Ever After Dakota Cassidy 2025 en He looks at me as though he understands it all. As though he understands the Old Yeller of it all. Surely a Kavorkian compassion is called for? 144 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Machine_Of_Almosting/szK8DQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+old+yeller+of%22&pg=PA144&printsec=frontcover Machine Of Almosting Paul Sexton 2016 en It was his religion that caused the old Yeller of sayings. The Prophet Mohammed had killed all the dogs. https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Concert_of_Lost_Souls/KmpsDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+old+yeller+of%22&pg=PT234&printsec=frontcover A Concert of Lost Souls Rehaad Baksh 2018 en terms derived from fiction eponyms en Fictional characters