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Doge
Shiba Inu captioned with broken English inner monologue
Meaning
It denotes Shiba Inu images captioned in Comic Sans with broken English inner thoughts. The tone is goofy, affectionate and intentionally ungrammatical. Users include meme makers, dog lovers and Dogecoin fans.
Origin
The dog was Kabosu, a rescue Shiba Inu photographed by owner Atsuko Sato around 2010. The image reportedly spread on Reddit and Tumblr in 2013. Know Your Meme named Doge its top meme of 2013. The first caption author remains disputed.
How it's used
It expresses amused awe or captions dogs and crypto jokes. Doge is a noun, while Dogespeak fragments work as interjections. It does not inflect.
Example
Such trip, much tired, very need nap, wow.
Variants & related
Variants include doge, DOGE and Dogespeak. Cheems and Swole Doge are spinoffs. Related memes include Grumpy Cat and Nyan Cat.
Common misunderstandings
It is pronounced dohj or dohg, not doggy. The broken English is intentional irony, not a model. It is affectionate, not mocking the dog.