I've never heard "dogpile" used to describe social behavior either, though.
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Lyra Jane - Sep 01, 2004 5:11:09 am PDT #2124 of 10001
Up with the sun
Steph L. - Sep 01, 2004 5:12:08 am PDT #2125 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I assume it's like "pile-on," but using animals as a metaphor.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 01, 2004 5:17:29 am PDT #2126 of 10001
What is even happening?
Lyra, it's sort of like ganging up. Imagine one person tackling another. Now imagine a bunch of people throwing themselves on top, until there's a pile of people. It's a term used in some children's games.
flea - Sep 01, 2004 5:19:16 am PDT #2127 of 10001
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The OED does not have "pigpile" as a word. The nearest match is "pig-rat," defined as 'The large Bandicoot rat of India.' I love the OED.
Im family parlance, if someone says, say, "Pig pile on Nutty!" Nutty better watch out, 'cause we'll jump on her like she's a runaway football receiver.
billytea - Sep 01, 2004 5:20:51 am PDT #2128 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I'd like to propose 'buffalo-pile', in honour of a lone Native American who bequeathed to a small locale in Canada the name of Head-Smashed-In. The local tribe often hunted by driving a herd of buffalo over a cliff. Low-risk, high-reward, a real winner. Anyway, one day one of the hunters gets the idea that he'd really like to watch the whole affair from a different viewpoint, i.e. the bottom of the cliff. The last thing to pass through his head was, well, a few tons of horny steak.
So, buffalo-pile. Or, for us unAmericans, bison-pile. Who's with me?
Fred Pete - Sep 01, 2004 5:34:49 am PDT #2129 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Sorry, bt. I grew up with "dogpile."
Dogpile on the rabbit! Dogpile on the rabbit! Dogpile on the rabbit!
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Frankenbuddha - Sep 01, 2004 5:37:46 am PDT #2130 of 10001
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'The large Bandicoot rat of India.'
That goes by the name of "Crash" I can only assume.
So, buffalo-pile. Or, for us unAmericans, bison-pile. Who's with me?
See, I read both of these as 'pie' instead of 'pile', and while that could represent a tasty meat pie, that wasn't my immediate thought when confronting the phrase 'buffalo-pie'.
tommyrot - Sep 01, 2004 5:39:18 am PDT #2131 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Sorry, bt. I grew up with "dogpile."
I won't say what I grew up with. Just that it's a word that starts with a racial epitaph and end in "pile." I last heard that word when I was in first or second grade.
sumi - Sep 01, 2004 5:39:39 am PDT #2132 of 10001
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pigpile and puppypile -- when you see litters of piglets and puppies? Often they are piled on top of one another. Fun for some -- but what about the poor piglet or puppy at the very bottom of the pile?
Nutty - Sep 01, 2004 5:47:25 am PDT #2133 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
puppypile
Are you telling me there is popslash involved in this metaphor??