
One of the few words in the English language that can be used as a noun, verb, and adjective is b***h. However, in the abuse lexicon, the dog has its female counterpart for company. Experts say this line is more potent than slapping them right across the face. But what about office politics? Here���s an idea ��� if you���ve been wanting to get back at that mean colleague of yours, just ask, ���What smells like a wet dog?��� when he/she walks past. That was all about politics of a higher order. And, no prizes for guessing what abuse the Iraqi reporter hurled at George W Bush along with his shoe. Translated from German, Devil Dogs was a term used by Germans to scorn the US Marines during World War II.
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Remember Mick, the cop from the hit TV series Hill Street, who addressed loathsome felons as ���dog breath���? Wonder who goes smelling dog breath to come up with such terms! The canine reference has been made for many an American. Little wonder then, that the term is still reserved for traitors and other contemptibles. In 17th-century New England, to call someone a dog was an insult of the highest order, as dogs were believed to be used by sorceresses to carry out evil commands. Humans, phew! They neither forgive nor forget. Wondering how man���s best friend became the worst invective? Well, early on, the term ���dog��� was used for fallen people, because mutts were viewed as low on moral integrity, eating flesh, defecating, urinating and mating with no inhibitions. When in the Philippines, don���t go calling the waiter with your finger, because here, a curled, beckoning forefinger means you���re calling someone a dog ��� an offence for which you could get arrested and have your finger broken. And your fondness for canines won���t at all temper your resentment. Whichever side of the equator you may belong to, chances are, you won���t take kindly to being called a dog by your sputtering, dribbling fellow human. And you thought that coming from a phorener, the word would have less bite. No wonder Tapeshwar Vishwakarma found a bone to pick with the unit of Danny���s film, claiming that among other things, it allegedly insults slum dwellers by calling them dogs. So what if Danny boy is saat samundar paar, he���s made sure that the transition from kutta to dog is not lost in translation. But our hero is lonely no more he has found company in Danny Boyle. It���s surprising that Dharamji has still not got into any trouble with the PETA. When not prancing around trees with Basanti, he���s baring his fangs with blood-thirsty intentions to kuttas of all shapes and sizes. agar maa ka doodh piya hai toh samne aa Wondering, who let the dogs out? Blame it on Garam Dharam. mein tera khoon pi jaonga Take 2: Kutte kamine. The defamation case against AR Rahman and Anil Kapoor alleging that Slumdog Millionaire calls Indians and slum dwellers ���slum dogs���, CT wonders how man���s best friend has become the worst invective? Take 1: Kutte kamine.
