it usually has the word "those" in front of it, and seems to be a multi-pupose word. also is it slang, or if not..what else is it?what flavour does the word have...is it condescending?
2007-08-13 00:15:13 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
im not asking about any kind of object, this word is a sort of adjective.
2007-08-13 00:24:54 · update #1
Well, I know it referred to breasts at least as far back as the 30s. There was an old song, "Hold them puppies" where this was the meaning
But recently, it seems to me that a lot of people are using this non-sexually...just to mean "things." I don't know if there's a "country" feeling to it or not, but it seems that way. For instance, somebody might say, "You take a whole mess of peeled potatoes, and you put them puppies in hot oil..." or something like that. I don't think the feeling is condescending, just "down home."
Look at the last entry here, for instance:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.food.preserving/browse_thread/thread/1397dc02fb271039/b16b8ea363d16fff
I think the topic is jars of marmalade.
2007-08-13 01:08:08 · answer #1 · answered by Insanity 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard the word 'puppies' in reference to feet and breasts. I don't think it's slang for anything; I think someone just made that up somewhere in the grand scheme of things. "Check out these puppies" is in reference to some girl who wants her breasts to be visibly noticed, or she's just overly proud of them and wants people to look. "I need to get off these puppies" is in reference to the way some people's feet feel after being on them for long periods of time without a break. Nobody ever claimed that the American language was always easy to understand, but it works for us!
2007-08-13 00:38:34 · answer #2 · answered by tramps3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't something you'd say to a girl as a compliment. I'd say less condescending than saying hooters or funbags but still only something a guy would say to another guy.
2007-08-13 00:23:27 · answer #3 · answered by Daniel H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=puppies
I think definition 3 (not 2=breasts) is the one you are seeking
2007-08-13 00:31:40 · answer #4 · answered by Alan_B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out those puppies!
Check out those breasts!
Check out that rack!
What a set!
2007-08-13 00:21:07 · answer #5 · answered by Ollie J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
puppies are feet for real.i have never heard of breast being called puppies
2007-08-13 00:23:38 · answer #6 · answered by ♥dancer♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is slang for Breasts
2007-08-13 00:19:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
****, but old people it's spaniels ears
2007-08-13 00:21:42 · answer #8 · answered by SCALLY ALI 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
breasts
2007-08-13 00:19:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋