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DOGE
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doge Doge
Translingual
Symbol
1 1 Dogecoin
mul XDG
en mul Shaurya Malwa Dogecoin Trade Goes From Meme to Reality as Donald Trump Confirms D.O.G.E w:CoinDesk https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/11/13/dogecoin-trade-goes-from-meme-to-reality-as-donald-trump-confirms-doge 2024-11-13 A CoinDesk analysis flagged in mid-October about DOGE trade gaining interest among investors for its memetic nature, and that there could be more chatter of “DOGE” in mainstream media and retail trading circles that fuels attention and interest in the token. 7 December 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241208015753/https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/11/13/dogecoin-trade-goes-from-meme-to-reality-as-donald-trump-confirms-doge 8 December 2024
Usage notes
This code is incompatible with ISO 4217, as currency codes under that standard must be three characters long. The code mul XDG is therefore used when a compatible alternative is necessary.
English
Alternative forms
en Doge
Etymology
en doge as a en backronym, an Internet meme, or from en dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that Elon Musk has supported.
Pronunciation
en /dəʊdʒ/ /dəʊʒ/ UK
en /doʊd͡ʒ/ /doʊʒ/ US
en en-us-doge.ogg US
en əʊdʒ əʊʒ 1 1
Proper noun
en US politics en w:Department of Government Efficiency. 2024–
en Rhian Lubin What is DOGE? Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency led by Musk and Ramaswamy w:The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-ramaswamy-trump-cabinet-doge-b2647323.html 2024-11-14 It is not known how big a budget DOGE will have, how many people it will itself employ, or how much of the American taxpayers’ dollars it will require. https://web.archive.org/web/20261001134954/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-ramaswamy-trump-cabinet-doge-b2647323.html 1 October 2026
en Jennifer Hansler and Alex Marquardt Senior USAID security officials put on leave after attempting to refuse Musk’s DOGE access to agency systems w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/politics/usaid-officials-leave-musk-doge/index.html 2025-02-02 The DOGE personnel wanted to gain access to USAID security systems and personnel files, three sources said.
en USAID’s Troubling Ties to the Left’s Dark Money Network https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ONeil-Written-Testimony.pdf 2025-02-26 2 w:Committee on Oversight and Government Reform DOGE has highlighted how USAID spent millions propping up the Marxist ideology of “diversity, equity, and inclusion;” the unfair and divisive transgender orthodoxy; and the climate alarmist movement. https://web.archive.org/web/20260203064258/https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ONeil-Written-Testimony.pdf 3 February 2026
en May 2026 Rebecca Bratten Weiss The minds and money behind MAGA Christian Century 0009-5281 143 5 86 https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=brd&AN=193189187&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site EBSCOhost The book ends with Musk’s DOGE rampage: “Musk was doing to the federal government almost note-for-note what he had done to Twitter.”
Derived terms
en DOGE bro DOGEr
Verb
+ + ~d,~'d
en transitive To fire, scale back or remove in an attempt to improve efficiency.
en doge
en https://prod.transcripts.cnn.com/show/cnap/date/2025-02-20/segment/01 CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip w:CNN 2025-02-20 w:Jesse Watters There was a huge exodus over at the National Archives for snickety librarians were getting DOGEd silly. https://web.archive.org/web/20251215053213/https://prod.transcripts.cnn.com/show/cnap/date/2025-02-20/segment/01 15 December 2025
en https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-musk-power-restraints/681974/ Is DOGE Losing Steam? w:The Atlantic 2025-03-07 Jonathan Lemire w:Jesse Watters “I finally found one person I knew who got DOGE’d, and it hit me in the heart,” said Watters, who urged his Fox colleagues to “be a little bit less callous.” https://web.archive.org/web/20250307225956/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-musk-power-restraints/681974/
en https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2025-03-28/dogeing-the-texas-education-agency/ DOGEing the Texas Education Agency w:The Austin Chronicle 2025-03-28 Brant Bigamon Hinojosa called it a DOGEing of the TEA: “It is a zero-based budgeting bill to cut through the nonsense and the bureaucracy and the vendor contracts, and reprioritize that money to what matters – teacher pay, school safety, and closing the special education funding gap.” https://web.archive.org/web/20250401093514/https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2025-03-28/dogeing-the-texas-education-agency/ 1 April 2025
Spanish
Etymology
es :bor en:DOGE<t:Department of Government Efficiency> + 1
Proper noun
m
es Departamento de Eficiencia Gubernamental; en DOGE.
es Jeanne Sahadi El DOGE acaba de recibir luz verde para acceder a tus datos del Seguro Social. ¿Qué significa? w:CNN en Español https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/06/07/eeuu/doge-datos-seguro-social-trax 2025-06-07 Mientras que un tribunal federal inferior había bloqueado los esfuerzos del DOGE para acceder a dichos datos —que argumentó que necesita para reducir el despilfarro, el fraude y el abuso— la Corte Suprema levantó esa orden el viernes, permitiendo al DOGE acceder a los datos por ahora. https://web.archive.org/web/20260225204501/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/06/07/eeuu/doge-datos-seguro-social-trax 25 February 2026