On "prick", "dickhead", and other misogynistic language ...

[geckosfeet]

34. You old dog you. Ya know, dog is the word for the male of the species.

But I mean it in the best way possible.

In breeding circles, a male canine is referred to as a dog, while a female is called a bitch (Middle English bicche, from Old English bicce, ultimately from Old Norse bikkja). A group of offspring is a litter. The father of a litter is called the sire, and the mother is called the dam. Offspring are, in general, called pups or puppies, from French poupée, until they are about a year old. The process of birth is whelping, from the Old English word hwelp (cf. German Welpe, Dutch welp, Swedish valpa, Icelandic hvelpur).

I am guessing that even when not breeding it is permissible to call dogs dogs and bitches bitches. Funny how much canine taxonomy we apply to humans.

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