Spokesdog vs Spokesbear - What's the difference?
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(neologism) A canine mascot.
* 2008 January 19, Peter Sagal (host), Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me! , National Public Radio
A bear mascot who gives speeches or advice.
* 1991 , Ted Menten, Joy of Teddy Bears
* 1994 , Can this Man Save Our Forests?'' (in ''Popular Science , volume 244, number 6, June 1994, page 81)
* 2002 , Wes Platt, Otherspace: The 2001 Yearbook (page 531)
Spokesdog is a related term of spokesbear.
As nouns the difference between spokesdog and spokesbear
is that spokesdog is (neologism) a canine mascot while spokesbear is a bear mascot who gives speeches or advice.spokesdog
English
Noun
(en noun)- The scientists were thrilled, but a spokesdog for the dog community said the program was inadequate.
See also
* spoke-dogspokesbear
English
Noun
(en noun)- Teddy was remarkably successful in helping Roosevelt win reelection, and since that time many different companies have asked him to be their spokesbear .
- Not long ago, most people associated the Forest Service with its benevolent spokesbear , Smokey.
- The spokesbear for the government answered questions for the remainder of the conference.