Wondering about "hot dog" = show off.

[Sam Clements]

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Geoffrey S. Nathan 
  To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 11:02 PM
  Subject: Re: Wondering about "hot dog" = show off.


  It might derive from the nineteenth century song:

  'There'll be a hot dog in the old town tonight....'

  Geoff 

  Geoffrey S. Nathan
  Department of English/Computing and Information Technology
  Wayne State University
  Detroit, MI, 48202
  <geoffnathan at wayne.edu>
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