Doge (usually / doʊdʒ / DOHJ, / doʊɡ / DOHG or / doʊʒ / DOHZH) is an Internet meme that became popular in 2013. The meme consists of a picture of a Shiba Inu dog, accompanied by multicolored text in Comic Sans font in the foreground. The text, representing a kind of internal monologue, is deliberately written in a form of broken English.

Doge (pronounced /ˈdoʊdʒ/ DOHJ) is a slang term for "dog" that is primarily associated with pictures of Shiba Inus (nicknamed "Shibe") and internal monologue captions on Tumblr. These photos may be photoshopped to change the dog 's face or captioned with interior monologues in Comic Sans font.

Feb 6, 2025 · DOGE took over the U.S. Digital Service, a 300-person technology office President Barack Obama set up inside the Executive Office of the President in 2014 to fix his beleaguered HealthCare.gov. Bureaucrats had bungled the site, so USDS sought out Silicon Valley innovators, and was authorized to circumvent federal hiring procedures to get them.

Feb 18, 2025 · Despite its full name, Doge is not an official government department, which would have had to be established by an act of Congress. Instead it came into being through one of Trump's presidential...

Feb 6, 2025 · "Doge to the White House!" One meme is seemingly still going viral and worming itself into popular culture over a decade later — mostly thanks to Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder Elon Musk.

Nov 13, 2024 · The Doge meme became popular online in the early 2010s, according to Know Your Meme. Internet users circulated zoomed-in photos of the dog's face with his eyebrows raised.

Dec 24, 2023 · Where did it originate, and what’s behind the internet’s fascination with it? The story of Doge begins on June 24, 2005, with the early internet series Homestar Runner. In one …

Nov 13, 2024 · Doge originated in 2010 when Japanese teacher Atsuko Sato posted a photo of Kabosu, a Shiba Inu dog to her blog. The picture showed the Shiba Inu on a couch with a tilted head and a puzzled...

Feb 4, 2025 · Ever scratched your head about the doge meaning and why it’s everywhere on the internet? This famous Shiba Inu meme started in 2013 and turned into a billion-dollar crypto movement. From silly internet jokes to serious money talks, we’ll break down eight mind-blowing facts about the doge phenomenon.

About five years later, “Doge” would become forever cemented as one of the most beloved meme characters of all internet history when Japanese kindergarten teacher Atsuko Sato posted several photos of her rescue-adopted Shiba Inu, named Kabosu, to her personal blog in early 2010.