fuck the dog

verb

Etymology

1935, US; originally in sense “loaf, fritter” (compare fuck around).

Definitions

  1. To make a horrible or catastrophic mistake

    To make a horrible or catastrophic mistake; to screw the pooch.

  2. To avoid work

    To avoid work; to make it appear as if one is working.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fuck the dog. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA