GroundDog Day

=coined by Abby Lindsay to describe the repeating mental state of dogs when their owners return home, at which time they have forgotten that everything that happened today, happened just as it did yesterday, and the day before that, and the day before that, etc.

GroundDog Day

As in--

"Daddy, what is GroundDog Day?"

"Daddy, Daddy, you're home. I can't believe you came home. I didn't think you'd ever come home.

You've never left me alone for this long before. Daddy, Daddy. I love you soooo much…."

whimper, whimper, doggie kiss, doggie kiss, tail wag, tail wag, hip swagger, hip swagger

"Daddy, Daddy, can I have a Scoobie Snack? Huh, huh.?

"Daddy, you wouldn't believe what Kelly Ripa was wearing today…you really shouldn't have gone to work…what is work anyway, Daddy?

Daddy, can I have some wet food tonight Daddy…what are you eating?…can I go out and play?

When am I going to get a baby brother or sister…how come all the other dogs are walking their Mommies and Daddies by and not me…

Daddy, I saw them pee on my yard….

Daddy, can I sleep on your bed when you're gone…jk Daddy…

Daddy, I can't believe you came home for me….

scratch, scratch, lick, scratch

by miunger April 26, 2013

GroundDog Day

The Best Day of the year. It occurs every October 5th. It celebrates when the ground DOG comes out of its hole. The only one known to man is known as Charlie.

"Mom! Today is GroundDog Day!

by ceschaech October 5, 2016

black groundhog day

Jan 16th Martin Luther King Day
The Black Groundhog always sleeps in and we get stuck with six more weeks of black history

Lotta folks visiting at the detention center on Black Groundhog Day, way more than Father's Day

by 8peyote January 14, 2017

Groundhog Day Effect

Based on the movie "Groundhog Day" starring Bill Murray. It is the idea that every action that one makes; the rewards and consequences of those actions are not followed through the next day. If someone were to make a big choice, commit a crime, offend someone, make a mistake, or meet someone through out a period of a regular 24 hr. day, those rewards and consequences for all of those actions are not carried through the next day. It is all forgotten. In other words, it's like yesterday never happened. Therefore this pattern can keep on repeating for an unknown amount of time.

Last night, Larry inadvertently said an offensive racial comment that offended many people. However, the very next day Larry experenced a Groundhog Day Effect. All was forgotten and everyone he offended seemed to have forgotten the incident. Therefore, Larry is in the same position as he was before he made the comment.

by AJHM January 11, 2008

Groundhog Day Disorder

A lightweight sounding but serious mental illness that consumes some people to the point of living for that single day of the year when Punxsutawney Phil emerges from his hidden place; what’s worse is the full picture of obsessive preparation often leading to ruinous financial consequences and severe social isolation that sometimes accompanies this devastating disorder.

Somehow I never suspected that my brother was suffering from Groundhog Day Disorder, but when we found out, it all came together and answered so many previously unanswered questions.

by Dr Bunnygirl November 18, 2019

Groundhog day

The same day over and over. Doing the same things repetitively. From the movie of the same name starring Bill Murray.

My life never changes. Every day is groundhog day. Eat, work, sleep.

by Brett March 6, 2005

transgender groundhog day

The phenomenon of having to come out as transgender to the same person/people repeatedly because they assumed or hoped that your gender identity was a "phase." Refers less to the holiday and more to the 1993 Bill Murray comedy film in which the main character experiences the same day over and over.

It seems like its Transgender Groundhog Day when I visit my parents.

by anonymous June 24, 2021