Wednesday, July 1, 2015

doggy dog world/dog-eat-dog world: Common Errors in English Usage Entry for Wednesday, July 1, 2015

doggy dog world/dog-eat-dog world
The punning name of the popular rap star Snoop Doggy Dogg did a lot to spread this misspelling. The original image is of a cannibalistically competitive world in which people turn on each other, like dogs eating other dogs.


 
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