owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 个月前A hotdog should be the opposite of a cool cat, but it's not.message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down16
arrow-up1134arrow-down1message-squareA hotdog should be the opposite of a cool cat, but it's not.owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 个月前message-square23fedilink
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 个月前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.
minus-squareowenfromcanada@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 个月前So you’re saying this is Frank’s fault?
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 个月前Dude was definitely hot dogging…
minus-squareowenfromcanada@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 个月前Once 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…