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
RueROOEnglish
ZilpahZIL-pə (English)Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Yoav-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
JannekeYAHN-nə-kəDutch
VascoBAHS-ko (Spanish), VASH-koo (Portuguese)Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
BabsBABSEnglish