updog

American

[uhp-dawg] / ˈʌpˌdɔg /

noun

in yoga, a position in which one lies with the front of the lower body on a surface, the upper body extended upright with the arms straight and supporting it, and the head tilted back.

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updog

He spent a whole Cabinet meeting asking us what an updog was.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2018

“Smells like updog in here,” deGrom kept saying, pacing the dugout.

From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2015

It doesn't take much to understand the updog joke — I probably learned it in about first grade or so — but its beauty and power is in its simplicity.

From The Verge ● Dec. 23, 2014

If anyone is going to be on the receiving end of updog, it's Farhad.

From The Verge ● Dec. 23, 2014

I’m really happy here because I was asked *EXACTLY* what updog was!

From Newsweek

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