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Define The Dog Ate It Meaning

The Dog Ate It
An excuse for homework not being done, that is not as good as "I heard you were pregnant so you wouldn't be in to collect it" or "my father has dysentry and we can't afford toilet paper"

I dropped bacon grease on my 4500 word essay and the dog ate it, except the conclusion, which is a black page.
By Loralee
The Dog Ate It
Old cliche'd excuse for not having homework done. Generally means "I forgot," "I didn't do it," etc.

Teacher: "Where's your homework, Billy?"
Billy: "The dog ate it."
By Jerrie
The Dog Ate It
A classic and not very credible excuse usually used in cartoons and sitcoms to excuse a student's lack of completed homework when they get to school.

"Boy, where is your homework?"; "The dog ate it, sir" "THWACK" "OW!"
By Clarinda
The Dog Ate It
Worthless excuse, hiding you were to lazy to do what you were supposed to do.

Teacher: "Where's your homework?" Pupil: "The dog ate it"
By Cora
The Dog Ate It
What happened to my cookies the other day.

Damn you Fido, you ate my cookies... someone grab the gun.
By Charmian
The Dog Ate It
Explanation for circumcision which doesn't involve a rabbi.

No pretty Palestinian girl, I am not a jew, merely the victim of a cocker spaniel.
By Tiphany
The Dog Ate It
the dog ate it is an excuse that you use on your teacher when you didn't do your homework.

it's not very effective
By Fionnula
Dog Ate Homework
The most common found excuse of not turning in homework in stories, cartoons, and comics, etc.

Oh. My dog ate homework.
By Edie
The Dog Ate My Data
An intentionally lame and pathetic excuse for not doing your homework, meant to be goofball-charming, since dogs are unable to actually consume computer generated data.

Yeah it was terrible, I wrote the entire totally stellar paper, it took me all day and all night, and then tragedy struck when the dog ate my data!
By Madelin
Dog Ate My Homework
an excuse that teachers think your funny but when it actually happens you gets yelled at. :(

miss the dog ate my homework. IM NOT LYING PLEASE. NO DONT CALL MY PARENTS. NO MISS I SWEAR.
By Ketty