Swoggling

Swoggling is a new word to my vocabulary.  It's not truly a word as in the sense that it is in the dictionary.  It's like Schnuffles (or sometimes Schnoofles - I spell it whichever way I feel like it when I write it, really).

Swoggle means "to steal" or "to swipe."

My sister has a dog named Toggle.  He got his name because he tended to toggle the switches and button in cars and on remotes.  In fact, his middle name is Switch.

Anyway, she was trying to figure out how to tell him to not "steal" food off of plates and from people.  He would try to take the food off of plates and you'd have to be quick and pull it away before he could grab at the food.

She tried telling him not to steal.  She tried telling him not to grab the food.  It didn't seem to work.  She turned to using the phrase "Swiper no swiping!" from Dora the Explorer.  It still didn't work too well.

The next time he tried to take food, since she used that, I said, "Toggle, no swoggling!"  It seemed to work.  Briana used it and my mom used it and it seemed to work.  So, "swoggling" has become a word that mean "stealing."

After all, "hornswoggling," means "bamboozling" or "hoaxing."  So, why not have "swoggling" mean stealing?"  It seems to make sense!