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Noun [English]

Forms: updogs [plural]
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  1. (yoga) A yoga pose in which the practitioner lies prone with the torso erect, supported by the arms, and the head tilted back. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: upward dog, upward-facing dog, urdhvamukha shvanasana Coordinate_terms: downdog, downward-facing dog, adho mukha svanasana
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: updogs [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of "what's up, dog?". First attested in 2000. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|"what's up, dog?"}} Clipping of "what's up, dog?", {{etydate|2000}} First attested in 2000 Head templates: {{en-noun}} updog (plural updogs)
  1. (humorous) A notional, ostensible substance; used to trick a victim into asking "What's updog?". Tags: humorous Related terms: bofa, ligma, sugma, Sugondese
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Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2019 January 1, Nish O'Connor, “You really *can* restore your wellness on the party island of Ibiza, here's how...”, in Glamour:",
          "text": "As we stretched through various postures to lengthen and soothe the body with the sound of the sea and birds in the background, with every updog I was hit with the beautiful views once more, and came out feeling like a new (bendier) woman.",
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          "word": "upward dog"
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          "word": "upward-facing dog"
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          "word": "urdhvamukha shvanasana"
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}

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        "2": "\"what's up, dog?\""
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      "word": "bofa"
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      "word": "ligma"
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          "text": "Me: Hey, do you think it smells like updog in here?<P>Them: What's updog?<P>Me: Nothin', what's up with you?<P>*SLAP*<P>-Forbin",
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          "text": "\"It smells kinda gross in here, like updog.\"\n\"Really? I don't smell anything. What's updog?. . . I can't believe I just said that. Jake, you're terrible.\"",
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          "text": "Jim Halpert: \"Is it me or does it smell like updog in here?\nMichael Scott: \"What's updog?\nJim Halpert: \"Nothin' much what's up with you\"?",
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        "(humorous) A notional, ostensible substance; used to trick a victim into asking \"What's updog?\"."
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