not quite proper pet names
A mutual on Mastodon asked the question "How many names do you have for your non-human companions?"
I guess by this she meant pet animals. I don't normally name my bikes or my pet rocks anyway.
As it happens, I keep a note file for all the names that J calls our dog. None of them are what our dog is called.
Piddlepops
Scruffbag
Babybear
Hairybear
Snufflehound
Snugglebuggle
DirtyMcFilthy
FilthyMcDirty
Squirt
Fluffball
Schnuffly
Pookyface
Pookybear
Poobag
Fleabag
Shitbag
Fartfeatures
Myfanwy
Popster
Pupster
Pain-in-the-arse
Fluffmonster
Tiddlypig
Grumblebum
Missymoo
Gwindle
Gwindleberry
Flumperbum
Gwynnibago
Trottlebottom
Snoozyblobs
Our dog is actually called Gwynnik. This is a Cornish language word made up of Gwynn, the word for white, and the suffix -ik meaning little. So little white thing.
Or, apparently, any of the above thirty-one alternatives.
UPDATE: Today I took Gwynnik up on the cliffs, where she unfortunately was stung by a bee that got tangled in the scruffy mass of long hair on her front leg. So this evening, J has just added another name.
Stungalunga
Written by a real person who completely ignores red wavy underlining and uses perfectly legitimate brand new words that just haven't made it to a dictionary yet.
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