[Ads-l] doge as verb

[Chris Waigl]

I sent a note a few weeks ago about how "(person) got DOGEd" or "(program)
got DOGEd" or any planned activity really, such as for example weather
balloon launches or conference attendance getting or having been DOGEd is
common parlance right now in my corner of the academic world, which is
grant-funded high northern latitudes research in the earth sciences.

(I probably sent it from the wrong email address so that it never made it
to the list. )

Chris Waigl . chris.waigl at gmail.com . chris at lascribe.net
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net . http://chryss.eu


On Thu, May 1, 2025 at 5:41 AM Nancy Friedman <wordworking at gmail.com> wrote:

> David Gardner proposed "doge" (verb) in a March 25 opinion piece for the
> Daily Beast:
>
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> https://www.thedailybeast.com/youve-been-doged-now-musks-goons-have-their-own-word/
>
> Read without registering:
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> https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/opinion-ve-doged-now-musk-230100004.html
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> (Gardner is a little shaky on parts of speech: he defines DOGE [noun] as
> "entitled, nosy, arrogant.")
>
> And here's "We will DOGE ourselves" in a May 1 NBC News headline:
>
> https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/army-leaders-musk-will-doge-rcna195286
>
> Definitely a WOTY candidate!
>
> Nancy Friedman
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> On Thu, May 1, 2025 at 6:04 AM Amy West <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:
>
> > Probably late to the party as usual, but I just spotted "doging" in a
> > comic strip today. Context is talking about Elon Musk: "Plus he's been
> > doging everything."
> >
> > https://www.gocomics.com/monty/2025/05/01
> >
> > A WOTY candidate?
> >
> > ---Amy West
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