horndog

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horndog

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From the sexual sense of horn (late 18c. slang expression to have the horn, from which came horny) + dog (“sexually aggressive man”).

noun horndogs · horn dog · horn-dog

  1. US, slang A person (particularly a man) who is fixated on sex. In addition, lest we forget, Clinton’s reputation as the world’s biggest horndog was by this time well known to all of us.

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noun man fixated on sex

Españolsalido, cachondo, lujurioso
日本語ヤリチン yarichin, 色惚け iroboke
中文色狼 sèláng, 色鬼 sèguǐ
Françaisqueutard, chaud lapin
Deutschgeiler Bock, Geilspecht, Lüstling, Lustmolch
Ελληνικάκαυλιάρης kavliáris
עבריתחַרְמָן kharmán

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@misc{horndog_2026,
  title = {horndog},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/horndog},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}