Meanings
- humorousSomebody, referring to a canine.
Again research (mine) shows that dogs do seem to know when a person particularly needs someone/somedog to be nice to them.
2013, Michele Hanson, Absolutely Barking: Adventures in Dog Ownership, page 1682 more examples
Outside the dogs crowded me, their whiskery faces eager and struggling to keep themselves civilized. They knew that arguing with one another meant losing food to somedog else and they stood like statues drooling while I emptied soup into their bowls; if any of them heard the knock at the door, none of them were about to waste time investigating.
2002, Sonya Hartnett, Thurday's Child, page 168Flea explained that a flâneur is someone (or somecat, or maybe even somedog) who wanders the streets and bridges and alleys of the city just to see what there is to see.
2017, Mo Willems, Diva and Flea: A Parisian Tale, page 14
Origin
From some + dog, by analogy with somebody.
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somedog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somedog
“somedog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somedog. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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