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Doge
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- 1 Alternative letter-case form of DOGE. alt-of
"Two senior USAid security officials were suspended on Sunday for blocking Doge officials from a restricted area, a day after the agency’s website went offline, and Musk posted to X that USAid was “beyond repair” and needed to be shut down."
- 2 Acronym of Department of Government Efficiency. US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
"It is not known how big a budget DOGE will have, how many people it will itself employ, or how much of the American taxpayers’ dollars it will require."
- 1 The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa. historical
"In the thirteenth century, a new method of appointing the doge, by the famous ballot of Venice, a complicated mixture of choice and chance, was adopted."
- 2 Deliberate misspelling of doggy. Internet, alt-of, deliberate, humorous, misspelling
- 3 Alternative letter-case form of doge (“ruler of Venice or Genoa”). alt-of, historical
- 4 Clipping of Dogecoin (“a unit of the cyptocurrency”). abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
- 5 formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa wordnet
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- 6 Specifically, a Shiba Inu, as in the doge meme. Internet, humorous
"Bobsled wasn't the only Dogecoin-backed sporting success. Fans of Nascar will recognise the car driven by Josh Wise, emblazoned, as it is, with the adorable little doge on its bonnet (pictured above)."
- 1 Alternative letter-case form of DOGE. alt-of
"Since the lab has been "doged," a petition posted to Change.org by Evgeny Stambulchik asked for signatures to oppose the layoff of the NIST Atomic Spectroscopy Group and has garnered 2,500 signatures as of reporting time. There is also a campaign website."
- 2 To fire, scale back or remove in an attempt to improve efficiency. transitive
"There was a huge exodus over at the National Archives for snickety librarians were getting DOGEd silly."
Etymology
Partly from Middle French doge and partly from its etymon, Italian doge, from Venetan doxe, from Latin ducem, accusative of dux (“leader; commander; ruler”). Doublet of duc, duce, duke, and dux.
From dog, probably as a sensational spelling of doggy like monke. First attested in the 2005 episode "Biz Cas Fri 1" from Homestar Runner.
See DOGE.
Back-formation from doge as a backronym, an Internet meme, or from dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that Elon Musk has supported.
Back-formation from doge as a backronym, an Internet meme, or from dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that Elon Musk has supported.
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