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Originally Posted by Kristina
Mudshark: 'Doing a poodle' probably originated with a Swedish politician three years ago. He is best known for withdrawing double salaries and replacing our murdered Minister of Foreign Affairs. He behaved much like a subdued poodle - sprawled on his back and admitted his wrongs.
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Thanks, Kristina.
I'd heard the phrase used before and had an idea what it meant, based on context, but I'd never seen it properly explained. Actually, I didn't have any idea its origin was so recent, and it never really occured to me that it was a specifically Swedish expression. Heh, you learn something new every day.
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Nowadays, there are full and partial poodles. Don't ask me what the partial ones look like.
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Could make an interesting topic for an essay, couldn't it?
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More on "poodles", for anyone else who wondered:
http://everything2.com/index.pl?node...&lastnode_id=0