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Hot diggity dog!
Meaning
- An enthusiastic way of expressing glee or sudden happiness. It sounds like something a character from an old cartoon would say.
Excited, whimsical
Used in a sentence
- Hot diggity dog, we get to go to the beach this weekend!
- Hot diggity dog, that is exactly the gift I wanted.
- Hot diggity dog, the team won in overtime!
The backstory
The term likely grew out of 1920s jazz and vaudeville slang. It was heavily popularized by Mickey Mouse, who used it as a catchphrase, cementing it in American vernacular.
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