Citations:mlem

English citations of mlem

2017 November 29, Brandon Specktor, “Your Dog Might Be Licking Its Mouth Because It Thinks You’re a Jerk”, in Live Science‎^[1]:
Dogs lick their own mouths, noses and jowls all the time. Certain cuteness-obsessed Internet communities call it a "mlem"; some animal behavior researchers prefer to call it mouth-licking, and offer many possible explanations for the quirky canine behavior.
2019 June 22, Dot Wordsworth, “The barking world of ‘doggo lingo’”, in The Spectator‎^[2]:
Anyway, despite an extent less than a German shepherd’s mlem, the language of cute social media dog sites is known as DoggoLingo. It’s as well to be aware of such things.

2017 December 11, Jessica Boddy (for NPR), "Dogs are Doggos", in What Do You Meme, page 21:
When they stick out their tongues, they're doing a mlem, a blep, a blop. They bork. They boof.
2017, Matt Nelson, #WeRateDogs: The Most Hilarious and Adorable Pups You've Ever Seen, Skyhorse (→ISBN)
Not to be confused with a blep, a mlem is more dynamic and can occur multiple times over the standard duration of a blep. “Mlem, mlem, mlem.” “To obtain the peanut butter on his snoot, my dog did several mlems in a row.”

2018 February 19, Cian Rynne, in The Piranaha, volume 39, issue 3, page 2:
Bamboozled again! *mlem* A lot of u heckin' puppers know I love me sum doggos, but u know what also does me an excite? Alt-right nationalism!
2019 september 30, Maine Cannabis Chronicle, volume I, issue III, page 44:
Love running on the beach and in the woods and kayak adventures, snuggles and sleeping, mlem. Am I a good boy?

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2021, Zoey Acoff, The Little Book of Big Corgi Butts: Outrageously Cute Activities to Celebrate the Greatest Booty on Earth, Abrams (→ISBN)
Mlem [mlehm] noun / plural: mlems [mlehmz] the sound of a doggo or cat lick

A doggo with a peanut-butter-covered nose goes "mlem."

2016 November 25, “Mekazoo Co-Op Review”, in Co-Optimus:
Every mekanimal's ability is tied to the action button, creating a seamless experience between hopping like a kangaroo or mlemming with the frog's tongue.