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struggle4progress

(123,159 posts)
Tue Feb 18, 2025, 11:37 AM Feb 2025

How do you pronounce "DOGE"?




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doh!
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douche
11 (35%)
doggie
11 (35%)
other
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How do you pronounce "DOGE"? (Original Post) struggle4progress Feb 2025 OP
Dodgy unblock Feb 2025 #1
with a long o. like in "open". peacebuzzard Feb 2025 #2
Daw-gee. Like dodge as in dodge ball. Meaning dubious or suss. unblock Feb 2025 #4
ok. I will adopt this. I didn't want to use doggy. peacebuzzard Feb 2025 #16
To clarify, "dodgy" is how *i* pronounce it. unblock Feb 2025 #17
Yup, I gotcha. I like it.gonna use it. peacebuzzard Feb 2025 #22
Jonathon Capehart has been using this for some time. Disgraceful others at MSNBC not picking it up. nt eppur_se_muova Feb 2025 #7
Yup, it's how ALL of us should be pronouncing it. GoCubsGo Feb 2025 #14
I pronounce Rebl2 Feb 2025 #8
DOGE supporters are DOGE Bags. Sneederbunk Feb 2025 #3
I saw some asshole wearing an "Ultra MAGA DOGE" shirt the other day. Initech Feb 2025 #11
Dodge - as in the ass-face dodger. Solly Mack Feb 2025 #5
Fash-is-um Ping Tung Feb 2025 #6
I pronounce it: "Fuck Elon Musk and his stupid agency to the hottest circle of hell". Initech Feb 2025 #9
Same here, except Bettie Feb 2025 #12
I'll allow it! Fuck DOGE! Initech Feb 2025 #13
doggie made me laugh out loud. Idk why...lol n/t OneGrassRoot Feb 2025 #10
DOGE is actually a cryptocurrency with a picture of a doggy, adored by Musk struggle4progress Feb 2025 #19
I knew it was crypto... OneGrassRoot Feb 2025 #20
Dodgy malaise Feb 2025 #15
Doggy Style - because that is what they are doing to U.S. n/t AntiFascist Feb 2025 #18
douche purr-rat beauty Feb 2025 #21

peacebuzzard

(5,558 posts)
16. ok. I will adopt this. I didn't want to use doggy.
Tue Feb 18, 2025, 03:13 PM
Feb 2025

However, I read another post the other day that the G sound was like in government which would make it a "doggy".
I listen to 0 MSM.
So I don't know what the pundits are saying or using. ( don't need to pollute my thought patterns, raise blood pressure, or become more upset;

unblock

(55,123 posts)
17. To clarify, "dodgy" is how *i* pronounce it.
Tue Feb 18, 2025, 03:35 PM
Feb 2025

I doubt that's the "official" pronunciation.

peacebuzzard

(5,558 posts)
22. Yup, I gotcha. I like it.gonna use it.
Tue Feb 18, 2025, 09:21 PM
Feb 2025

thats what I like about American English slang. Its quick, specific, very useful & full of intent.

eppur_se_muova

(39,062 posts)
7. Jonathon Capehart has been using this for some time. Disgraceful others at MSNBC not picking it up. nt
Tue Feb 18, 2025, 01:08 PM
Feb 2025

Initech

(104,843 posts)
11. I saw some asshole wearing an "Ultra MAGA DOGE" shirt the other day.
Tue Feb 18, 2025, 02:23 PM
Feb 2025

It took every ounce of my being not to scream at him and give him the finger. But this guy is definitely a lost cause.

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