Today's slang word of the day is ankle biter. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.
noun
- a young child.
In Aussie English small children (toddlers) have been known as ankle biters for some time now.
-- from ABC Newsradio - people who criticize a position but offer no constructive alternative.
In an appearance this afternoon on WAMU-FM's Politics Hour, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty made as stinging a rebuke to his political ankle-biters as he ever has.
-- "Fenty on WAMU-FM: 'I'm the One Making the Tough Decisions'", WashingtonCityPaper.com - City Desk (blog), Mike DeBonis, Apr. 9 2010 - a small dog.
And I wanted a big dog. Not huge-big, but I knew I didn't want one of those little "ankle-biter" types. Poodles, wiener dogs - not my thing.
-- "Big love", M - Milwaukee's Lifestyle Magazine, Amy Siewert, April 5 2010
-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)
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