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<font size=3>At 10:16 PM 5/19/2004, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>My suspicion is that the show-off
"hot dog" derives from the<br>
interjection "hot dog!" (first attestation of this
interjection:<br>
1906). Either the show-off yelled "hot dog" upon
doing something<br>
supposedly remarkable. Or his showing-off was intended to stimulate<br>
others to make this shout of approval.</blockquote><br>
It might derive from the nineteenth century song:<br><br>
'There'll be a hot dog in the old town tonight....'<br><br>
Sorry, it's late and I'm jet-lagged.<br><br>
Geoff </font></body>
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<div>Geoffrey S. Nathan</div>
<div>Department of English/Computing and Information Technology</div>
<div>Wayne State University</div>
<div>Detroit, MI, 48202</div>
<div><geoffnathan@wayne.edu></div>
Phones: C&IT (313) 577-1259/English (313) 577-8621
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