• InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netOP
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    5 months ago

    The photo was captioned as

    kettenhund

    I put that into Google Translate and it said “bandog”. It made me grumpy. “Bandog? What the fuck is that shit, Google Translate?” - I said to myself. It turns out that bandog is an English word.

    bandog <noun> A dog bred for its strength and ferocity by crossing aggressive breeds. Etymology: Middle English (originally denoting a dog kept on a chain or “band”): from band^1 + dog.