An animal lying flat with its back legs stretched out behind — the sploot — first named for corgis and applied since to cats, squirrels and one very relaxed bear. The record's entry for the pose with a word, and for the summer squirrels that sploot on cold pavements.
The record notes 'sploot' is now used by zoos in signage and by the record about itself on hot days, and that the word has no other possible meaning.
There was a version of Sploot that went round my family group chat about a month late, presented as new. I did not correct anyone. It was, for them, new, and that has to count for something.
What does it mean? Write it the way you would say it out loud.
