Meanings
plural whelpdays
- InternetuncommonThe birthday of a canid, especially a dog, or (furry fandom) a furry's canid fursona, typically a dog or a wolf.
Woohoo! Happy whelpday, Harry! Have some Nutella mousse - it came out pretty good, if a bit thin. I didn't hear anyone complaining about the taste :-)
1998 July 20, Duncan da Husky, “ah hah, it's HarryBear's Whelpday!”, in alt.lifestyle.furry (Usenet)1 more example
She'd been praying that Josie would at least make it to her "whelpday," the twelfth of January. The dog received semiannual electrocardiograms and the best of medical care, but her diet had never been even close to the one recommended.
1996, Barbara Seaman, Lovely Me: The Life of Jacqueline Susann, Seven Stories Press, →ISBN, page 480Synonyms: borkday
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe birthday of a canid, especially a dog, or (furry fandom) a furry's canid fursona, typically a dog or a wolf.
Origin
From whelp (“of a canid, to give birth”, verb) + day, by analogy with birthday (“the anniversary of the day on which someone is born”).
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whelpday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whelpday
“whelpday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whelpday. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whelpday,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whelpday.
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