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hot dog
[dog n.1]
1. a. N. Amer. slang. One who is skilled or proficient in some pursuit (see also quot. 1900). Also attrib. or as adj. phr., good, superior.
Freq. with connotations of ‘showing off’. In some sports, e.g. Skiing, applied to ‘trick’ or ‘stunt’ or spectacular variations of normal movements.
1896W. C. Gore in Inlander Jan. 148 Hot-dog, good, superior. ‘He has made some hot-dog drawings for ―.’ 1900Dialect Notes II. i. 42 Hot-dog. 1. One very proficient in certain things. 2. A hot sausage. 3. A hard student. 4. A conceited person. 1966Atlantic Monthly Mar. 131 We had this one [basketball] player, Alston Mackintosh,..who could hit nine out of ten from the foul line with his back to the basket. He was a real hot dog. 1968–70Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) III–IV. 71 Hot dog, one who shows off by squealing his tires and gunning his motor as he drives around among his friends. A crowd pleaser who is actually obnoxious. A showoff. To show off. 1973Internat. Herald Tribune 9 Feb. 13/1 ‘Hot dog’, or acrobatic, skiing has become a fast-growing sport in the United States. 1973Times 23 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. vii/8 The local ‘hot dogs’, mostly teenagers who probably learnt to ski almost as soon as they could stand up, skate over mounds of hard-packed snow 4 ft high like sprinters over hurdles. 1973Time (Canad. ed.) 16 July 51/1 Cedeno pulls off so many flashy plays in the field that some National League players accuse him of being a ‘hot dog’—baseballese for show-off. 1973Globe & Mail (Toronto) 1 Sept. 35/1 This year..it was generally agreed that McQuay must change his hotdog antics or go. 1974Ibid. 20 Feb. 34/5 Dan Genge..admits that it was those same little hills that made him what he is—one of Ontario's coolest hot-dog skiers. Ibid. 34/8 There has to be something of the mountain climber in the hot-dog skier. They must do something harder, tougher, higher each year. 1974Hockey News (Montreal) 22 Feb. 35/1 Critics label him a ‘hot dog’ and a ‘show-off’ and several unprintable things.
b. Surfing slang. A particular kind of surf-board, somewhat smaller than a ‘gun’ (gun n. 15). Also attrib. or as adj. phr.
1963Observer 13 Oct. 15/6 He always owns two boards at any one time, one ‘hot dog’ board and a ‘big gun’ (which is a foot or so longer) for riding really big waves. 1965[see gun n. 15]. 1966New Yorker 31 Dec. 28 He's a hot-dog surfer and he used to be real wigged on Zen. 1967Surfabout III. vii. 38/1 Joey Hamasaki is an excellent surfer and she could possibly beat Joyce in small hot-dog surf. 1970[see gun n. 15].
So hot dogger, a surfer who rides a ‘hot dog’; hot dogging, the action of riding such a board (see also quot. 19632). Hence (as a back-formation) hot-dog v.
1961Life 1 Sept. 48 Almost every wave carries a ‘hot dogger’ doing tricks or sometimes even dressed in outlandish garb. 1962T. Masters Surfing made Easy 64 Hot dogging, performance surfing, fast turns, quick movements, etc. 1963Pix (Austral.) 28 Sept. 63 Looking good on a little wave is hard. If you can hot dog on two foot waves you are ‘king’. 1963Observer 13 Oct. 15/4 From all these movements..has developed the modern style of surfing known as ‘hot dogging’: a spectacular, virtuoso style which concentrates on fast slides across the face of the waves, rapid turns, cut-backs, flick-offs and a repertoire of classic riding stances which have evolved in much the same way as the classic passes of the Spanish bullfight. 1966Hot dogging [see bombora]. 1966Surfer VII. iv. 39 There were plenty of hot-doggers—or trick riders as we called them then—in Hawaii when I was surfing there during the 1920's.
2. A hot sausage enclosed as a sandwich in a bread roll. orig. U.S.
1900[see sense 1 a above]. 1908‘O. Henry’ Gentle Grafter vii. 97 Sitting on a cake of ice we ate seven hot dogs. 1920S. Lewis Main St. 304 Lining one block of Main Street were the ‘attractions’—two hot-dog stands, [etc.]. 1926Spectator 11 Sept. 373/1 The President of the Brooklyn team asked them to his box and gave them hot dogs. 1928S. Vines Humours Unreconciled ii. 35 If one trained on hot dog, pumpkin pie, graham flour, ice-cream sundaes. 1932E. Wilson Devil take Hindmost i. 1 The hot-dog stands on the motor roads sell gin. 1955Times 3 Aug. 10/5 Tell the miners what Yarmouth has to offer—Tommy Trinder, Charlie Chester, Ronnie Ronalde, ‘hot-dogs’, bathing beauties, and all. 1957London Mag. Dec. 19 There is a pier with all the usual sideshows, hot dogs, hamburger and ice cream stands. 1970New Yorker 12 Sept. 50/3 She came back with a hot dog... The smell..was..persuasive.
3. int. Expressing delight or strong approval. Cf. hot diggety (dog) s.v. hot a. 12 c. U.S. slang.
1906Dialect Notes III. ii. 141 Hot dog,..bravo! 1924[see attaboy int.]. 1934Wodehouse Right Ho, Jeeves x. 113 Hot dog! Tell me more. 1935M. M. Atwater Murder in Midsummer xv. 138 ‘Hot dog!’ cried Wally, his eyes shining. ‘That's the old fight!’ 1944T. Rattigan While Sun Shines i. 202 Hot dog! There's some Scotch. 1965Amer. Speech XL. 85 The ubiquitous hot dog! |