When did a dog become a doggo?

[HelenSkeleton]

And why? I hear and see it a lot. It's not funny or cute.

It's pretty common in Australia (where, incidentally, they tend to stick an 'o' on the ends of all kinds of words). So just as language is coming to us from America, some is coming from elsewhere.

I blame 'Neighbours'. Or 'Flying Doctors', depending on what day it is.

See also "kiddo". I see this on Facebook all the time in a certain group I'm in and it rips my knitting.

I dunno.

It’s an internet thing

Vocabulary constantly evolves. If you heard people talking from six hundred years ago you would most likely, struggle to understand it.
We all have new words or phrases that can give you ‘the rage’.

I raise you ‘elevate’ or ‘’elevated’ when used instead of improved. Don’t ask me why it has a negative effect on me, I suspect it is the ‘woke’ personality of the people that use it.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ah6fmNEtXFI
tjsi video form 8 years ago was when I first heard it. It’s quite funny. (What is a pupper? What is a doggo if you don’t want to click the link) YouTube

Probably around the same time as a holiday became 'holibobs' 🙄

My mil said this in the 90s.

The phrase 'lying doggo' has passed out of common usage now, but it used to be all over the place...

I think I first heard it in the UK in the phrase ‘going doggo’’ meaning to be quiet, hide out of sight,, be under the radar. That would be 20/30 years ago.

Never mind doggo, why the fuck do people type ddog.

It really grates on me. The only reason the whole DH, DD thing started was to make it less to type. Adding it in front of dog just makes it a longer word to type

Probably around the same time we started hearing about bubbas and mamas.

It's better than furbaby.

Is it Neighbours and the like to blame for the whole bloody world now elevating 😉the last word of every fucking sentence? So everything sounds like a question? That has to be answered?

It comes across as attention seeking. As if the speaker wants you to yes or uh huh every so often, just so they can keep going.

All American cats are kitties.

About 4/5 years ago

I can't find any history on the phrase, but 'lying doggo' was certainly used in the 1940s.

People that say doggo are usually the same people that say hubby, kiddo, holibob, cheeky <insert multiple non cheeky things >.

That reminds me of the Eating the Cats song by The Kiffness 😍

The principal at my kids school uses kiddos in all communications. I don't know why but it really grates on me.

🤑 and I'll raise you fuckin furbaby

Makes me homicidal. Very unprofessional, apart from anything else.

When did a dog become a doggo?

Never. Some people say it. Most don't. Different people go with different little affectionate quirks. That is all.

Mine's a Pup-Pup, despite the fact she's 5! It's just a pet name, surely? Can't see the need for it to be policed -no-one is suggesting its good, formal grammar.

This makes me SO irritated.