Comment on A hotdog should be the opposite of a cool cat, but it's not.

givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

It is…

“Hotdogging” is showing off and trying to attract attention.

It may have replaced “frankfurter” because the people selling them in stands were “hotdogging” as part of their sales pitch.

So, instead of buying a “frankfurter” from a “hot dogger” people just started buying “hot dogs”.

Not sure if that’s how it happened, but it tracks with how language evolves normally.

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