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What's a watchdog? A lap dog you can wear like a watch? I suggest to call it "watch dog" then, just so it doesn't get confused with http://www.google.com/search
by PavlovsCat 14y ago
What's a watchdog? A lap dog you can wear like a watch? I suggest to call it "watch dog" then, just so it doesn't get confused with http://www.google.com/search?q=watchdog&tbm=isch http://www.google.com/search?q=watchdog&tbm=isch
- Dylan16807 14y agoAre you making some kind of joke I don't understand? Also the image results it's giving me are all dogs that keep watch.
- PavlovsCat 14y agoJust trying to say that some watchdogs do seem to behave more like a lap dog, including this one. Making up "watch dog" as opposed to "watchdog" is only funny to me I guess, you have to conjure mental images of little people in suits being worn and flaunted like watches by slightly bigger people in suits for this to work :P If you squint just right it's hilarious, because it's accurate.
- to3m 14y ago"watchdog" is slangy terminology for a consumer rights organization or an industry regulator. It's, like, a metaphor, man. I don't know about the US but the term is commonly used in the UK. (I suppose "watch dog" would be a dog that watches, or something that watches dogs, or, as you suggest, a dog that's somehow got something to do with wrist-mounted timepieces.)
- yareally 14y agoIt's used in the US as well (quite a bit in the media for the purpose you defined) so not sure what the OP is getting at really.