The Gary Larson Far Side cartoon of 12/27/82, posted on Facebook on 11/4 by Evan Randall Smith because it spoke to him:
Caveman enthusiastically taking a deeply grumpy mammoth for a walk; mammoths are not notably biddable creatures
Assembled from various sources:
noun walkies: BrE informal ‘taking a dog for a walk’; also as exclamation (with high falling intonation) announcing to a dog that it’s about to be taken for a walk
two examples of the noun from the Collins Dictionary: However, most importantly, he needs walkies (Times, Sunday Times, 2013); Fat dogs spur lazy owners into walkies (Times, Sunday Times, 2014)
November 5, 2025 at 10:50 pm |
I don’t presume she invented the use of the term, but someone, I think Barbara Woodhouse, popularized the exclamation “WALKies!” on British dog training TV programs; she was broadcasting her show in 1980 and earlier.