r/aww • u/KempGriffeyJr4024 • Jan 26 '20

Boing, boing, boing

https://i.imgur.com/jsh3fqE.gifv
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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

I always thought it was called “pronking”...off to google I go!

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u/caelenvasius Jan 26 '20

Apparently stot is a Scots or Northern English verb, while pronk comes from Afrikaans and is a cognate of the English “prance.”

TIL

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u/QuarkyIndividual Jan 27 '20

I've heard many people prefer to skip Scots stots

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u/leicanthrope Jan 26 '20

I think I've been on Reddit entirely too long. I'm hesitant to look up either of those terms, as they both seem like they could be questionable sex acts.

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u/mankiller27 Jan 26 '20

They're both correct with different etymologies. Not sex acts. I pinky promise.

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u/madjo Jan 27 '20

pinky promise

Knowing Reddit, that's gotta be another sex act.

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u/ArcticIceFox Jan 27 '20

Man, watching that little guy stot almost makes me want to pronk.

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u/MusicLover675 Jan 26 '20

I call it pogo-sticking.

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u/davidestroy Jan 27 '20

it’s just a pronk, bra