[Ads-l] doggo = dog

[Dan Goncharoff]

A lot of these sites seem to be Australian.New Zealand.
DanG


On Sun, Sep 25, 2022 at 10:09 AM Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The OED, Dictionary.com <http://dictionary.com/>, the HDAS, Wiktionary,
> and Merriam-Webster have “doggo” meaning “in hiding.”
>
> None of those except Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/doggo <
> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/doggo>) have the meaning of “dog.”
>
> According to "Mi Dog Guide" (
> https://midogguide.com/diseases/what-kind-of-dog-is-doggo.html <
> https://midogguide.com/diseases/what-kind-of-dog-is-doggo.html>), “doggo”
> was used in the early 1900s as a vocative for dogs. Certainly the word
> appears in a lot of Google Books in wha appear to be usage for people as
> well over the decades (I do not provide citations for this below).
>
> The word seems to have taken off on the internet in just the past several
> years, apparently in conjunction with the rise of doggolingo (citation 4
> below), a jargon used by cynophiles. While citations can be found before
> 2017, the YouTube hits really start about then and perhaps earlier
> citations can be considered nonce or playful usage.
>
> A glossary of doggolingo can be found in "DoggoLingo 101: Internet
> Language of the Dogs” by Patrick Mull (https://tinyurl.com/5f7jm3fp <
> https://tinyurl.com/5f7jm3fp>).
>
> 1. Counting on Frank
> Rod Clement
> 1991
> https://tinyurl.com/2p8dptfs <https://tinyurl.com/2p8dptfs>
>
> ###
> Frank will eat only Doggo dog food, so his human family must take along
> enough to keep him fed and fit for their vacation in Hawaii. Frank eats two
> cans of Doggo a day…
> ###
>
> 2. Walking, a Moving Experience
> Herbert W Hobler
> 1999
> p 81
> https://tinyurl.com/yck89cje <https://tinyurl.com/yck89cje>
>
> ###
> He introduced me to his Springer Spaniel Doggo. “Doggo?” said I…. “No,” he
> responded, “that’s the name for dog in Vietnamese.”
> ###
>
> 3. Waiting For Doggo
> Mark Mills
> 2014
> https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Waiting_For_Doggo/CrWnAwAAQBAJ?hl=en <
> https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Waiting_For_Doggo/CrWnAwAAQBAJ?hl=en>
>
> 4. Dogs Are Doggos: An Internet Language Built Around Love For The Puppers
> Jessica Boddy
> 23 Apr 2017
> https://tinyurl.com/yc7x3ucz <https://tinyurl.com/yc7x3ucz>
>
> 5. How to Speak Doggo
> L. M. Campbell
> 2019
> https://www.google.ca/books/edition/How_to_Speak_Doggo/6lmPzAEACAAJ?hl=en
> <https://www.google.ca/books/edition/How_to_Speak_Doggo/6lmPzAEACAAJ?hl=en
> >
>
> 6. The Doggo Book
> Alan Ira Gordon
> 2021
> https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Doggo_Book/Q7s5zgEACAAJ?hl=en <
> https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Doggo_Book/Q7s5zgEACAAJ?hl=en>
>
> Benjamin Barrett (he/his/him)
> Formerly of Seattle, WA
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