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- Backbeat:
- that late night thrumming of puppy paws against your back, during a
particularly exciting doggie dream.
- BAD:
- Boxer Attention Deprivation
- Balance:
- How to arrange the checkbook so your husband won't know how much money you
spent on dog shows last month. Usually done in the bathroom with the door
locked.
- Batman and Robin move; BAP:
- swack or kapow with the paws
- Beemler:
- A Boxer Mailing List Member [See BMLer]
- Big Bapper:
- what you call a boxer that gives you a BAP.
- Bi-listual:
- being in such a state of boxercentricism (q.v.) that one subscribes to not
one, but two mailing lists for boxers.
- Billy Goat Butt, stomping:
- rear up on hind legs with front legs off the ground and then come down on
a toy butting at it several times with front legs like a billy goat.
- BIS:
- Best in Show. Which means that they took the breed, then the working group
and finally beat all the dogs entered that day at that show.
- Bishop's mark:
- the white marking sometimes found on the neck area, shaped similarly to
the bishop chess piece.
- Bitch:
- A-Name of a lady dog; B-Name often overheard at dog shows, not always to
describe a lady dog.
- Bleary-eyed Can't You Be Quiet look:
- the look you get when you make too much noise in the morning.
- BMLer:
- Boxer Mailing List member [See "Beemler"]
- BOA:
- Boxer Overeaters Anonymous
- BOB:
- Best of Breed
- Boinging:
- That jumping up and down (to impossible heights) done in one place when
they are about to be let out of their kennel or see you coming on the other
side of the door. Usually a preliminary to doing donuts or going warp speed.
- BOOB Club:
- Bruised Owner of a Boxer.
- Booowooowooo:
- the boxer's "I mean business" bark
- Boxdozer:
- the ability to run and jump around until plowing into someone or something
- usually accidentally.
- Boxer:
- N 1. A canine of medium build. Exhibits characteristics of stubborness,
self-determination, inteligence, self-indulgence (when not supervised),
capable of mass destruction of property, very elegant; the elegance has been
compared to that of a bulldozer. "A kind of additional or subsidiary
Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's
worship." -- Ambrose Bierce. Also capable of giving wet kisses, along
with love kindness, warmth, sympathy, and compassion. (see also Boxer
Kisses)
- Boxer '95:
- a yearly glossy publication from the South Western Boxer Club in England.
It's a great little magazine with lovely photos and interesting articles.
- Boxer Bash:
- group of crazy boxer owners and their boxer 'kids' all get together at
someone's house...!big place! with lots of run to run, kidney bean and
kiss...and that goes for the dogs too (LOL). Includes attendees from many
states and possibly International. [See Boxer Bump, Boxer Burp]
- Boxer Blatter:
- the monthly publication of the Boxer Klub in Munich.
- Boxer block:
- standing in the way of whatever direction their human plans on going, and
adjusting said position according to any course changes by said human.
- Boxer Bouffant:
- The hairdo given to any person or animal that comes within flew range of
the playful boxer - resembles the things kids do with shampoo in the tub. Or
punk rock hair styling. :)
- Boxer bowling; Boxer Two-Pin Bowling:
- "The action of two boxers doing this wild spinning thing to get
started to come to me and when they were about 2 feet away would realize
that there was no way they could stop. The rear end would hit the floor but
the forward momentum would bring them straight into my knees. There would
always be me and boxer in pile on the floor;" The term for those Boxers
who love to trot around at the beach and then when mum isn't looking run
full speed at her legs; Having your Boxer gallop down a flight of stairs at
full speed, with complete disregard for who/whatever lies at the bottom
(e.g. bags of groceries, small children, etc.).(see also Diebel Maneuver and
Dodge the Dog)
- Boxer Bump:
- see Boxer Bash, except for the numbers of attendees are less...usually a
regional area and it may or may not have limitations on size. Other than
that, the activities are the same.
- Boxer Burp:
- Just four crazy families getting together Sunday afternoon in 103+ heat
for a hot dog/hamburger picnic.
- Boxer crate rock:
- what happens when they "make their bed" before they lie down. If
the sheepskin blanket isn't just right, there is no way on earth they can
lie down on it; so the crate bangs around as they're getting the sheepskin
in place.
- Boxer Greeting; Welcome home:
- hugs, kisses and wiggle-butt a plenty; Garage door opening - race to the
window. Car disappears from view - race to the back, garage door. Sit in
full alert position. When door to room opens and friendly face appears, drop
ears back until they look like you could put barrettes in them, and approach
slowly, wiggling gently. At first spoken word of greeting, dive back and
begin the bucking bronco. Stop suddenly. Approach human and wiggle that
butt. Just before reaching said human, stop in mid-twist and wait for human
to reach down and rib your back. At request for kiss from human, break away
and buck some more. Repeat. (see also Kidney Bean Dance)
- Boxer joy = [Boxer Joy Unit]^[No. of Boxers] ( "^"
is exponent function )
- Boxer kisses:
- wet, plentiful (non-stop), loving kisses given by all boxers; different
individuals give you different type of kisses; kissing with that
washcloth-sized tongue; big sloppy one that go all over your face; delicate,
butterfly kisses; quick, almost abbreviated touches of the tongue; let me
lick you kinda thing; full tongue,
wash-your-face-and-don't-forget-behind-the-ears kisses; washcloth
cleansings; done with the last fifth of the tongue, in a slow, concise
swipe; in your face - big kissing machines; "It's like being slapped in
the face with a sirloin."; face-washing;
ssssllllllluuuurrrrrrrrppppppppiiiiieeee's;pushing their nose (really wet
and cold noses) at the 'kissee'-like they were saying "I do love you
and want to kiss you but I just don't want to get my tongue dirty"!;
big soft slobbery tongue with just a touch of whiskers around the edges
(also see Tongue getting stuck maneuver).
- Boxer neck knots:
- the lumps on your older Boxer's neck resulting from your Boxer puppy
chewing on it and hanging on for dear life.
- Boxer Pawdicure:
- Nail trim for a boxer.
- Boxer paw scent; Frito Feet:
- fragrance of popcorn; Fritos. (also see Boxer smell)
- Boxer Pirouette:
- A playful, challenging 360 degree jump, landing on all fours in (more or
less) the same spot, forelegs almost flat on the ground, eyes looking
tantalizingly at you, rump high in the air and tail wagging invitingly:
- "Wanna play? Or are ya *just too chicken?*"
- Boxer regret:
- what usually occurs after a 'spat' between 2 boxers. Without missing a
beat, they stop the fight, and begin an extended round of mutual
face-kissing, accompanied by a profuse kidney-bean performance. Their tails
are wagging, their ears are flattened against their heads, muzzle rubs
muzzle, and they look up at me sporadically to to make sure I understand the
truce that they're offering.
- Boxer second:
- nearly instantly; similar to a New York minute.
- BSD:
- Boxer Selective Deafness.
- Boxer smell; Boxer nape aroma:
- they smell faintly of warm biscuits (perhaps just dunked in a cup of sweet
tea) - very innocent, usually refered to in boxer puppies; the boxer scent
is most pleasant at the nape of the neck and/or behind the ears; smell of
fur is intensified after a walk in the rain(also see Boxer paw scent).
- Boxer Stomp:
- (1) The maneuver performed when a boxer steps on tender portions of
anatomy and shifts his weight from one foot to the other. (2) an expression
of joyousness where the boxer bounces up and down on alternate front feet
stomping and woo-wooing any and all miscellaneous joys.
- Boxer survivors:
- a grizzled lot resembling the bar scene in Star Wars. A nose missing here,
one ear over there, an eye patch on that one down on the end next to the peg
leg; frequently associated with the Diebel maneuver (see definition).
- Boxer tap:
- tap with a paw to let the others know he/she was King/Queen.
- Boxer talk:
- how you (humans) talk to a boxer; usually ends up with a tail/stub wag.
- Boxer tongue:
- slab of bologna; baloney tongue.
- Boxer utopia:
- a boxer camp.
- Boxercentricism:
- The state of being nuts over boxers.
- Boxerfish:
- boxers that (can/like to) swim
- Boxerrangement:
- the adjustment of blankets/covers to a boxer's satisfaction. (See "Flewforter"
and "Boxer Crate Rock")
- Boxers Anonymous, Boxer Mad, Boxer Junkies:
- a group with fundamental truths such as, "I cannot control my craving
for Boxers", "I keep talking about my dogs in important meetings a
work", "I admit that I have a flew fetish", etc. In e-mails,
each members is refered to as "Joe Boxer" in the text. There is a
12-step plan to treat the Disorder.
- Brindle:
- a red/tan coat overlaid by black stripes. The density of the stripes
determines what 'type' of brindle the dog is. A dog is a brindle if there is
even one black stripe. Coat color sequence:
- (from light to dark) fawn->light brindle->brindle->dark
brindle->reverse brindle->seal brindle
- Bracheacephalic:
- smushed-nose, as are boxers, bulldogs, Boston Terriers, Pomeranians, etc.
- Bubbleicious:
- Blowing bubbles with their drool. (See "Shoestring Drool")
- Bucking bronco routine:
- they jump up and down, usually one end is up while the other is down.
While all this is going on, their hind end shakes left and right.
- Bumptious:
- Self-Assertive, full of noisy conceit, but in the nicest possible way.
- Butt-tuck:
- what you see when a boxer does "big circles" in the yard (See
"Warp Speed").
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