doggo
doggo Lexical Profile
doggo Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An informal, affectionate term for a domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris), especially in internet slang.
"She posted a video of her fluffy golden doggo catching a frisbee at the park."
• adverb
British In a motionless, quiet, or concealed state so as to escape notice (used almost exclusively in the phrase 'lie doggo').
"The fugitives decided to lie doggo in the abandoned barn until the search party moved on."
Word Nuance & Usage
As a noun, 'doggo' is affectionate internet and colloquial slang for a dog; as an adverb, it appears almost exclusively in the traditional British and Australian idiom 'to lie doggo,' meaning to remain hidden and quiet.
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the late 19th century from 'dog' plus the colloquial suffix '-o'. The adverbial sense 'to lie doggo' alludes to a dog lying motionless or stealthily, while the affectionate noun sense was popularized globally by 21st-century internet culture.