sploot
verb or noun
to lie on the belly with the limbs splayed
What does sploot mean?
Sploot is a verb used of an animal (especially a pet) to mean “to lie on the belly with the limbs splayed.” It is often used specifically for the action of an animal sticking its legs straight back with the pads of the feet facing up. Sploot is also used as a noun to refer to such either position made by animal.
Examples of sploot
On hot days, squirrels keep cool by splooting (stretching out) on cool surfaces to reduce body heat.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN.com, 20 Aug. 2022
I need everyone to see this baby goose sploot
—A SPLOOT?? THIS IS CALLED A SPLOOT???? (my dog has been doing this and I was curious)
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Where does sploot come from?
The particular combination of letters that is sploot has been around for some time as an onomatopoeic rendering of a particular sound akin to splat.
The vanilla ice cream was drizzled with a glaze of cinnamony syrup, there was a large “sploot” of whipped cream piped on the side, and it was topped with a cherry.
—A dog with a toupee slides out of a jet at 30,000 feet and survives the fall by plunging—Sploot!—into a tomato truck.
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It is possible that the pet/animal-specific use of sploot is an extension of earlier sploots (splooting tends to have a somewhat flattening effect on an animal’s hindquarters, as a drop of water spreads out upon splatting on a surface), influenced also by splay. Evidence of sploot used online in reference to doggos (especially corgis) dates back to the early 2010s, and in edited prose later in the decade.
Amy Horton, 23, from McKinney, Texas, filmed her little Corgi, Maggie, tearing around the house. The adorable pup drops to the floor without warning and splays out all her limbs while running and playing with her owners. After a couple of seconds rest she is back crashing about and causing chaos. Ms Horton said: ‘I have never seen any corgi sploot that much, that often, and that cute. ‘It’s definitely a corgi thing, I’ve seen other dogs do similar sploots, but I haven't seen anything as adorable as Maggie doing it.
—Don’t trip on the way out, though, or you may find yourself doing an impromptu sploot. Usually confined to dogs, particularly corgis, it refers to an animal lying on its belly with legs stretched out behind it, though I’m pretty sure I’ve seen people doing that on beaches.
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How is sploot used?
Like a host of other pet and animal words especially popular online, from mlem to blep, sploot is used with affection and often accompanying photos of the endearing sploot.
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