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# doggo

noun (a doggo, doggos) (slang); adverb (lie doggo — old UK slang)

«doggo» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (internet slang) A dog, said in a cute, playful way: «What a good doggo!» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doggo/#m1)
2. (old UK and Australian slang, in «lie doggo») To stay hidden and quiet, not moving, so you are not found. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doggo/#m2)

### In the lessons

Children meet «doggo» online and in memes about dogs, along with «pupper» and «heckin». In older British stories, a character «lies doggo» to hide from enemies. It tells the reader the tone is jokey and playful, or (old use) secretive.

### Examples

- (slang) Look at that fluffy doggo! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doggo/#x1)
- (slang) Who's a good doggo? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doggo/#x2)
- (slang) The doggo stole my sandwich. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doggo/#x3)
- (old UK) The spy lay doggo in the bushes until the guards passed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doggo/#x4)
- (old slang) We'll have to lie doggo till the coast is clear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doggo/#x5)

### Note

Slang; do not use in formal writing — say «dog». Plural «doggos». The phrase «lie doggo» is old-fashioned and rarely heard today.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «doggo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doggo/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«doggo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/doggo.html) on Mova free.