Coyote-ugly Definition

adjective

A (U.S. pejorative slang) Very ugly, nearly always applied to a non-canine female.

The woman was so coyote ugly that if she wanted to hold my hand, I would chew it off at the wrist and give it to her.
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Origin of Coyote-ugly

  • Folk etymology: Trappers in early America would often find a coyote foot in their traps; the coyote would be so desperate to escape they presumably chewed their own limb off. In the 1970s, a comedian may have coined the term as a method of escaping from a drunken one night stand on the morning after; chewing your own arm off if she is sleeping on it, so that you can make a quiet exit without waking her up.

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  • An unknown source also coined the term "Double Coyote Ugly", meaning that you would chew off your other arm if you heard that she was going around town looking for a one-armed man.

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