wingdog

English

Etymology

From wing +‎ dog, by analogy with wingman.

Noun

wingdog (plural wingdogs)

1. (informal) A dog used to facilitate social interaction.

   I bring my wingdog to the park on sunny weekends when I'm dateless.

   • 2004 April 20, 'Mad' Mark Chelap, “Coors Light ads”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.col-avalanche‎ (Usenet), message-ID <[e-mail]>:

     >Coors is consistently the worst of the worst as far as beer commercials / Yeah; I'm getting pretty tired of that stupid "Wingman" song/concept (which digressed into "Wingdog"). Ugh; that "Wingdog" commercial just came on here during the VAN/CAL game as I type this...

   • 2012, Maria Coder, InvestiDate: How to Investigate Your Date: The Liars, Cheaters, Con ...‎:

     “If you love dogs, it's great to get a wingdog,” says Dibra, with a laugh. “If you're single you can train the dog to deliver a note to someone that says: 'want to go out for dinner?'

   • 2015 October 2, Molly Weingart, “My dog is my wingman”, in The Guardian:

     Once satisfied that the person wearing the shoes she is laying on is sufficiently in love with her, she bounces up and sits, politely wagging her tail and staring up into the eyes of the guy she hopes will become her adopted parent and make our duo more packlike. / The results of my wingdog's tactics are surprising. For example, there was the guy who would send me pictures of the water bowl he kept for her at his house.