Cow Hug Day
English edit
This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.
Etymology edit
Announced in India in February 2023.
Proper noun edit
Cow Hug Day (uncountable)
- (India) An annual event that actively encourages the show of love towards cows by hugging them. [from 2023]
- 2023 February 9, “Bhopal: Diverse opinion on celebrating Valentine’s Day as ‘Cow Hug Day’”, in Free Press Journal, Mumbai, magazine:
- The Animal Welfare Board of India, a body under the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, has urged the public to celebrate February 14 as ‘Cow Hug Day’ saying that the cow was the backbone of Indian culture.
- 2023 February 14, “It's Valentine's Day (not "Cow Hug Day") in India after all”, in CBS News[1]:
- A government body was forced to withdraw an appeal urging citizens to celebrate this Feb. 14 not as Valentine's Day, but as "Cow Hug Day," after widespread criticism.