Etymology

doggo

dog·go
D2O1G2G2O1

Today it means: Only used in lie doggo and play doggo. Full definition →

First used early 21st c.
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The story

The noun is from dog + -o (colloquializing suffix), perhaps after the adverb. The adverb is probably of the same origin.

First known use, by meaning

  • from early 21st c. A dog.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.