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
Sigur&Eth;Ur-Icelandic
Deanadee-AN-ə, DEEN-əEnglish
Erikas-Lithuanian
KoppÁNy-Hungarian
'Ashtoret-Biblical Hebrew, Near Eastern Mythology
Sibyllezi-BUY-lə (German)German, French