Citations:mlem

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English citations of mlem

noun

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  • 2017 November 29, Brandon Specktor, “Your Dog Might Be Licking Its Mouth Because It Thinks You’re a Jerk”, in Live Science[1]:
    Dogs lick their own mouths, noses and jowls all the time. Certain cuteness-obsessed Internet communities call it a "mlem"; some animal behavior researchers prefer to call it mouth-licking, and offer many possible explanations for the quirky canine behavior.
  • 2019 June 22, Dot Wordsworth, “The barking world of ‘doggo lingo’”, in The Spectator[2]:
    Anyway, despite an extent less than a German shepherd’s mlem, the language of cute social media dog sites is known as DoggoLingo. It’s as well to be aware of such things.
  • 2017 December 11, Jessica Boddy (for NPR), "Dogs are Doggos", in What Do You Meme, page 21:
    When they stick out their tongues, they're doing a mlem, a blep, a blop. They bork. They boof.
  • 2017, Matt Nelson, #WeRateDogs: The Most Hilarious and Adorable Pups You've Ever Seen, Skyhorse (→ISBN)
    Not to be confused with a blep, a mlem is more dynamic and can occur multiple times over the standard duration of a blep. “Mlem, mlem, mlem.” “To obtain the peanut butter on his snoot, my dog did several mlems in a row.”

(noun used as) interjection

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  • 2018 February 19, Cian Rynne, in The Piranaha, volume 39, issue 3, page 2:
    Bamboozled again! *mlem* A lot of u heckin' puppers know I love me sum doggos, but u know what also does me an excite? Alt-right nationalism!
  • 2019 september 30, Maine Cannabis Chronicle, volume I, issue III, page 44:
    Love running on the beach and in the woods and kayak adventures, snuggles and sleeping, mlem. Am I a good boy?
mention that specifies pronunciation:
  • 2021, Zoey Acoff, The Little Book of Big Corgi Butts: Outrageously Cute Activities to Celebrate the Greatest Booty on Earth, Abrams (→ISBN)
    Mlem [mlehm] noun / plural: mlems [mlehmz] the sound of a doggo or cat lick
    A doggo with a peanut-butter-covered nose goes "mlem."

verb

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  • 2016 November 25, “Mekazoo Co-Op Review”, in Co-Optimus:
    Every mekanimal's ability is tied to the action button, creating a seamless experience between hopping like a kangaroo or mlemming with the frog's tongue.