moof
Used to indicate the lowing or barking sound of a dogcow or similar chimeric creature.
Interjection
- Used to indicate the lowing or barking sound of a dogcow or similar chimeric creature.
- Upon closer examination, I discovered that dogcows actually "speak." In a very excited condition, like being near an open can of Mountain Dew, dogcows will say "Boo Woo! Moof!" But it is much more common to hear them...
- “And won’t you just cry out and beg for mercy? You know, Alisha dear,” warm breath on him, “I used to think he was just a dog, and then I thought he was a cow, but I think—I know—he’s just a cross between both, a cow...
- Everyone knew where the hackers were sitting when they started yelling “Moof! moof!” at the screen—“moof” is the sound the LaserWriter Options dogcow makes. - 1998 September 3, David Morgenstein, “BMUG Report: The...
Origin
Blend of moo (“lowing sound of a cow”) + woof (“barking sound of a dog”). Coined by American computer programmer Mark Harlan in 1987 or 1988 in internal memoranda within Apple Computer. First publicly attested in 1989. Trademarked by Apple from 1992 to 1999 (U.S. Reg. No. 1,695,826).
Noun
- A bong (vessel for smoking marijuana).
- What was thought […] to be smoke coming from a badly tuned engine was in reality a pot burning moof! - 2014, Frank B. Thompson, III, WTF!: This is a Liberal Utopia!: