The teeny squished-in face, the poof of fur and that little pink tongue of Malachy the Pekingese has inspired some fawning, purple prose from dog-loving writers and bloggers across the country. The winner of the Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Tuesday night has unleashed a literary melee of metaphors and adjectives. Let’s take a look: 
Owner and handler David Fitzpatrick holds Malachy, a Pekingese, after he won Best in Show at the 136th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York's Madison Square Garden on Feb. 14.
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• “Malachy’s pink tongue popped out from his black face, his eyes sparkling like black diamonds.” — Associated Press
• “We were secretly hoping he’d whip his hair as he bobbled away with the title.” — Entertainment Weekly
• “Looking like a (regal) cross between a slow-moving hair ball and an overgrown hamster . . . underneath all of that hair, there’s a heart of a champion.” — USA Today
• “His face was framed by a coat that gave him the look of a 1960’s guru — or perhaps Cousin Itt’s pet. The great man sneezed. He looked at the microphones as if they were toys.” — the New York Times
• “Just like Mitt Romney — only better groomed.” “He has rock star hair.” — the Guardian
• “He’s like your favorite pair of bedroom slippers.” — Lisa Croft-Elliott, dog show photographer, to Bloomberg.
• “Walking dust mop.” “What happens when an Ewok and a rat have a baby.” — Los Angeles Times
• “Gorgeous insanely delicious.” — Cindy Adams, New York Post
• “That dog needs a keratin treatment.” — Hoda Kotb, the Today Show
• “No joke, this dog looks like Snooki.” — 96.1 KISS
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