coyote-ugly



coyote-ugly

(ˈkɑɪot ˈəgli and ˈkɑɪoti ˈəgli)
mod. extremely ugly. (see also double-bagger, triple-bagger. Supposedly, if one woke up and found one’s arm around a coyote-ugly person, one would chew off one’s arm—in the manner of a coyote escaping from a steel-jaw trap—rather than pull it back away from this person.) Is that your pet monkey, or is your date just coyote-ugly?

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Maddalenamahd-dah-LE-nahItalian
GraysonGRAY-sənEnglish (Modern)
CoŞKun-Turkish
ÂViÂJa-Native American, Greenlandic
HrÓ&Eth;Geirr-Ancient Scandinavian
Eliou-Biblical Greek