owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agoA hotdog should be the opposite of a cool cat, but it's not.message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down16
arrow-up1128arrow-down1message-squareA hotdog should be the opposite of a cool cat, but it's not.owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 day agoIt 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.
minus-squareowenfromcanada@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day agoSo you’re saying this is Frank’s fault?
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoDude was definitely hot dogging…
minus-squareowenfromcanada@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoOnce again, Tim Curry helps us make sense of it all.
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.
So you’re saying this is Frank’s fault?
Dr. Frank-N-Furter
Dude was definitely hot dogging…
Once again, Tim Curry helps us make sense of it all.
The hottest…