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• doge
  doge

  noun

  the chief magistrate in the former republics of Venice and Genoa.
• DOGE
  DOGE

  abbreviation

  Department of Government Efficiency: an office within the Executive Office of the President, reorganized from the United States Digital Services office in the second Donald Trump presidential administration to modernize government technology and reduce bureaucracy and red tape.

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doge

¹ American  

[dohj] / doʊdʒ /

noun

1. the chief magistrate in the former republics of Venice and Genoa.

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doge ² American  

[dohj, dohzh] / doʊdʒ, doʊʒ /

noun

1. an internet fad or meme typified by an image of a dog of the Shiba Inu breed accompanied by very short phrases that humorously represent the dog's imagined thoughts and use the wrong modifiers or shortened word forms, as "such dignified" or "amaze."

2. one such image posted on the internet.

   That's the cutest doge I've ever seen!

3. the innovative grammar or language of doge.

   If you don't speak doge, you might be a little confused.

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DOGE ³ American  

[dohj] / doʊdʒ /

abbreviation

1. U.S. Politics. Department of Government Efficiency: an office within the Executive Office of the President, reorganized from the United States Digital Services office in the second Donald Trump presidential administration to modernize government technology and reduce bureaucracy and red tape.

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doge British  

/ dəʊdʒ /

noun

1. (formerly) the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice (until 1797) and Genoa (until 1805)

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Other Word Forms

• dogedom
  noun
• dogeship
  noun

Etymology

Origin of doge¹

1540–50; < Upper Italian ( Venetian ) < Latin ducem, accusative of dux leader; cf. duce, duke, dux

Origin of doge²

First recorded in 2005–10; intentional misspelling of dog

Example Sentences

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doge DOGE

The memes typically used goofy broken English to reveal the inner thoughts of Kabosu and other shiba inu "doge" - pronounced like pizza "dough" but with a "j" at the end.

From BBC ● May 24, 2024

The doge image dovetailed with Mr. Musk’s own dealings with Dogecoin, which he has previously tweeted his support for.

From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2023

"There's a lot of speculation that Twitter will provide a test bed for doge adoption and experimentation for different uses," Dibb added.

From Reuters ● Nov. 8, 2022

There's speculation that Mr Musk might have got Mr Krishnan - a cryptocurrency expert - on board to integrate his doge bitcoin with Twitter.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2022

Henry Dandolo, the aged but wily doge, then proposed to the Crusaders that they should pay their way by doing something in aid of Venice.

From The Byzantine Empire by Charles William Chadwick Oman

Some grants, the NIH confessed, appeared on a list provided by DOGE, the purported budget-cutting department headed by Elon Musk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Last year, federal spending cuts spearheaded by the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, spooked investors.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

Grimes left Morgan Stanley a year ago as Musk launched the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

In February, the agency announced a reorganization as part of a wave of cuts to the federal government led by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to root out waste, fraud and abuse.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025

Essentially, the administration said, it didn’t kill DOGE.

From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2025