Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A bag for leftover food that a customer of a restaurant may take home after a meal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
bag (or othercontainer ) used to take home uneatenfood from a restaurant meal. - noun A bag used to pick up the
droppings ofdogs inparks and public places.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bag for food that a customer did not eat at a restaurant; the transparent pretense is that the food is taken home to feed the customer's dog
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From the assumption that such food would be given to the customer's dog.]
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Prolagus commented on the word doggy bag
God bless doggy bags!
April 10, 2008
sionnach commented on the word doggy bag
Surely the plural of doggy bag is doggies bag?
April 10, 2008
frindley commented on the word doggy bag
'Surely that backward plural construction requires a noun-adjective sequence in the original phrase (e.g. governors general)?' asks frindley with unnecessary earnestness.
April 11, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word doggy bag
I think it's only when the term is hyphenated--is it not? E.g. courts-martial, governors-general
April 11, 2008
sionnach commented on the word doggy bag
@frindley: You are, of course, entirely correct. It's a little quiet here this morning, and I was remembering the fun data discussion with fondness.
I know, it seems incredible that a person might deliberately poke at lexicographical alligators with a stick, just because it's a slow morning. But it happens on wordie all the time. Why, I've even seen cases of totally madeupical words and etymologies.
One has to wonder what kind of lexipathologists this site attracts. After all, how much do we really know about what lurks behind those faux-cutesy monikers? Bilbys and trivets and chained bears, oh my! Could they not all be minions of the mad Professor Malingo, intent on corrupting the minds and wills of the world's youth by promulgating linguistic heresies across the interwebs?
April 11, 2008
frindley commented on the word doggy bag
And this is where the time difference gets me – no slow morning here, alas.
;-)
April 11, 2008
palooka commented on the word doggy bag
My God you're right sionnach - Wordie may be part of a world wide lexipathological conspiracy to deform & destroy our language.
We need to take up verbal arms before it's too late.
April 11, 2008
sionnach commented on the word doggy bag
@chained_bear (or whoever you really are):
What do you suppose is the plural of chaise longue? Though maybe your evil overlord would prefer to call it a chaise lounge.
April 11, 2008
reesetee commented on the word doggy bag
Eesh, you guys; get with the program. Wordie is part of a worldwide lexipathological conspiracy to deform & destroy our language. Didn't you read the disclaimer when you signed on?
Yours truly,
You Don't Know Who I Am
April 11, 2008
gangerh commented on the word doggy bag
I'm going to open a new online pub, inspired by palooka's comment. I'm calling it 'The Verbal Arms'. The landlord will be a virtual unknown. It'll be designed along the lines of a speakeasy. It will serve unreal ale. There will be a number of skittles alley. Mr Malaprops, one of several local maitre d's, has already agreed to provide our clientele with foods for thought.
April 11, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word doggy bag
Oh my gods, I doesn't understand wozz' appening here!
April 11, 2008
palooka commented on the word doggy bag
Give me the URL gangerh when you open. I'd love to get virtually intoxicated at the Verbal Arms.
You're right reesetee; I re-read the Wordie disclaimer. I think I've done enough verbal demolition to fulfill the Wordie Terms of Use.
April 11, 2008
reesetee commented on the word doggy bag
Good, palooka. Then you're in. :-D
April 11, 2008
sionnach commented on the word doggy bag
Will there be cocktails named for Wordie (ir)regulars? Like a long island reesetee? A slippery bilby? A fuzzy frindley? Uselessness on the beach? palooka punch? gangerh gimlet? black velvet chained bear?
prolagus stinger? john collins? pink pterodactyl? midnight mollusque? skipvia snakebite? zugzwangzombie? oroborotini?
April 11, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word doggy bag
And, of course, a sionnakki koskenkorva.
April 11, 2008
bilby commented on the word doggy bag
Set one up, Pro.
April 11, 2008
gangerh commented on the word doggy bag
Great idea, sionnach. And make my gimlet a doppel.
April 11, 2008
gangerh commented on the word doggy bag
And a bloody fbharjy for my friend.
April 11, 2008