Stop Making Up Words – Conversations with the Pack

I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Me: Unbeknownst to us, a possum was snooping around the chicken house last night.

Sweetie; Hold on there a minute, Lady Human. Un…be…knownst? You just made that up.

Me: No, it’s actually an old word that doesn’t get used much anymore.

Doodlebug: I wonder why.

Sweetie: It’s hard enough to understand humans without you popping in new words that you pulled off the top of your head.

MoonCat: You mean words that are unbeknownst to you.

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