DogGONE!!

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 9/4/07, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> This came to my attention too late to get into HDAS 1. Some exx.
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>   1996 _Martin_ (Fox-TV): Come on, dog! Look!
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>   1997 _N.Y. Times_ (Jan. 25) (Metro) 25: _Dog_...buddy.
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In a post to the newsgroup alt.rap on 14 June 1994, "The Totally
Unofficial Rap Dictionary" defined "dog" as:

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1) (v) To tear something up like a dog would do.
2) (v) To have sex the doggy way.
3) (p) a form of addressing  "whatup dog" not meant to be offensive
4) (n) a friend, "that's my Dog"
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.rap/msg/18c0af498ac13222
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Earlier vocative exx from alt.rap:

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YO, dog chill. (26 Apr 1992)
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.rap/msg/3d6fb4cb0c0f9463
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So, I'd say a solo career has already been establish, dog. (14 Sep 1993)
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.rap/msg/5987c52e8a4810e4
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Peace Out, Dawg!!!!! (18 Mar 1994)
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.rap/msg/8e21391f1cc3077b
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--Ben Zimmer

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