doggo

or pupper [dog-oh] or [puhp-er]
May 8, 2018
WHAT DOES DOGGO AND PUPPER MEAN?
Doggo and pupper are affectionate terms for dog and puppy used in the
internet slang called DoggoLingo. Heckin good words, 13/10!
Related words:
 Bork
 Doge
 Fluffer
 Heckin
 Pupperino
 Woofer
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WHERE DOES DOGGO COME FROM?

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There is an entire internet slang language known as DoggoLingo, which

emerged in the 2010s and drew on existing online culture, such as
lolspeak, the snek meme, and Doge. 
DoggoLingo uses cutesy spellings and doggy onomatopoeias
like mlem, borf, and heckin to drool over man’s best friend online—and the
many, many pictures and videos we post of them.
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In DoggoLingo, a puppy is called a pupper. A teeny doggo is called smol. A big one is a woofer. Did you follow all
that?

Doggo and pupper are two key words in the lingo. Doggos tend to be older

and larger (duh!), and puppers, younger and smaller. A YouTube video,
“What is a Pupper? What is a Doggo?”, explained the difference in May,
2017 around the peak of DoggoLingo. The adorable explainer has since
had over 1.5 million views.
Though the exact progression of puppy to pupper and dog to doggo is
unclear, there are a few instances that helped catapult the terms into
popular lexicon.  
In May, 2015, an image of a chihuahua wearing a hoodie was featured on
4chan. The image promised a good night’s rest to anyone who replied with
“slight tight pupper.” Pupper changes puppy for greater cuteness. The
chihuahua image spread to sites such as 9Gag, BodyBuilding, FunnyJunk,
and Reddit’s r/4chanmeta, inspiring parodies of the image that often
featured, and helped spread, pupper.
In 2008, a group called Dogspotting formed on Facebook devoted to—what
else—dog pictures. It became very popular in 2014, especially in
Australia. This is significant as Australians often add an affectionate -o to
the end of words, giving rise to doggo. 
Starting in 2015, the massively popular Twitter account, We Rate Dogs
(@dog_rates), helped further popularize doggo and pupper.