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A variety of dog crossbred from Pekingese and a miniature poodle; Peekapoos can be cruel dogs; I have a theory that owners of Peekapoos possess these cuddly beasts solely so that they can exclaim, “Peek-a-boo, Peekapoo!”; this is not reason enough to own a living creature; my childhood next-door neighbors, brothers named Robert and William, owned a Peekapoo and dubbed him “Kenny”; Kenny was named after Kenny Rogers, whose son they knew; Kenny Rogers, despite a handful of delightful songs and surprising turns as an actor (most notably in “The Gambler,” “Sixpack,” and a season six episode of “Touched By An Angel” titled “Buy Me a Rose”), can be an unpleasant man; other poodle-hybrid portmanteaus include: Papipoo, Bordoodle, Puffapoo, Spoodle, Jack-A-Poo, Whoodle, and Goldendoodle;  however, “Peekapoo” is the silliest name for a type of dog, a name that suggests impotence and/or retardation; if Peekapoos could speak, they would beg their owners to never, ever refer to them as a Peekapoo; in the past, we discovered vaccines for smallpox and polio, deciphered DNA structure, created machines that allow us to fly in the air like birds, and celebrated the men who made these discoveries as Gods; what happened?