bark mitzvah
n.— «Next channel. Talk show host Joan Rivers appears. It’s her dog Spike’s 13th birthday, his “bark mitzvah.” Rivers promises, “We’re going to have a gala celebration with lots of four-legged friends and their celebrity owners.”» —“1,700 Hours Of TV: What Does It Mean?” by Kit Boss Seattle Times (Wash.) Feb. 24, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
