The adjective WOOF!

[morosco]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 1:07pm

Has this word, used to comment on a hot guy, been around a long time? I got to thinking about it last night after watching YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN when Madeline Kahn says "woof" after the monster unzips his pants.

[mauriposa]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 1:10pm

I always thought of it as a way to describe an unattractive person, as if to say he looks like a dog.

[artscallion]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 1:10pm

I remember this expression being used in the 80s.

Updated On: 12/10/07 at 01:10 PM

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 1:12pm

I hear my dog say it.

I've never heard it used by a person.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 1:15pm

It's common in the bear community. It's more an exclmation than an adjective, though, unless you're saying something is "woofy."

[morosco]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 1:20pm

It's more an exclmation than an adjective

Yes. That better describes the use of the word.

[Glebb]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 1:22pm

One ejaculates this barking sound when another's charisma summons an animalistic emotion from deep within the beholder.

edit: Pardon me. a WILD animalistic.

Updated On: 12/10/07 at 01:22 PM

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 1:26pm

Well said Glebb!

[Glebb]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 1:27pm

Merci!

[Jilani]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 4:13pm

Apparently, it's complimentary when used about a guy, but not about a girl. A well-known example I can think of for the latter is in "Home Alone," when Macaulay Culkin's character is going through his older brother's stuff and finds a picture of his brother's girlfriend, prompting him to say, "Buzz! Your girlfriend - woof!"

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 4:16pm

I had the definitive Woof photo and it won't post. Damn you, Photobucket!!

Updated On: 12/10/07 at 04:16 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 4:50pm

As a brilliant stand up comic I know puts it: "The bear says 'woof.' Somebody's Mattel See 'n' Say is broken!"

[artscallion]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 5:06pm

When I used to hear it in the 80s it was said by straight men about attractive women. This was in San Diego. I asked my straight male roommate about it after hearing him use it. He said basically what Glebb said, albeit a little more crudely. Something like being taken over by the dog like impulse to sniff another dog's butt.

[Dre2387]

Posted: 12/10/07 at 11:04pm

there are episodes of Blackadder (British tv show) with a character called Flashheart that uses the word "Woof." He uses it to basically call ladies really hot. here's a clip of an episode:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Lx3eH-E6v5E