What does DOGE really mean?

Calling best backronym experts. Give it your best shot.

54 points · 29 comments · view on lemmy.world

29 Comments

doctortofu@reddthat.com · 77 pts · 1y

Department of Obvious Grift and Extortion perhaps?

gedaliyah@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 1y

Dumb Oligarch Gets Everything

TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip · 43 pts · 1y

Department Of Grifty Edgelords.

Chozo@fedia.io · 38 pts · 1y

Die Of Gonorrhea, Elon

actionjbone@sh.itjust.works · 33 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Department of Oligarchy, Graft, and Edgelords

fushuan@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Graft?! 😱

JustZ@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

graft /grăft/ noun

Deceitful or fraudulent use of one's position, especially in public office, to obtain personal profits or advantages. Money or advantage obtained by such means. 

intransitive verb

To gain money or advantage through deceit or fraud. 
fushuan@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y

I'm pretty sure they mean grift, since graft's most well known meaning is transplanting living tissue.

Your meaning is exists only in the US and it's not that universal.

I was making a joke given the most well known meaning.

Treczoks@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 1y

Department of Government Extermination.

PoopSpiderman@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y

Don’t Oligarchs Get Everything?

30p87@feddit.org · 16 pts · 1y

Department of Goebbels Employees

zebbb@lemm.ee · 15 pts · 1y

Destroying Our Goverment Entirely 👀

Chainweasel@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y

Donald Openly Gargles Erections

sepiroth154@feddit.nl · 15 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Doofus Operating Goverent Entity

Dicks Organising Gorvernment's End

Don't Overexplain, Greed Everywhere

qaz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

I really like the first one

RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 1y

Best I saw was department of greedy elon

Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg · 12 pts · 1y

Department of Government Extermination

bizzle@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y

Dickhead Oligarch Getting Enriched

_LordMcNuggets_@feddit.org · 7 pts · 1y

Dumbass Overlooking Governmental Existence

Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Dicks Out Government Enemies

Dicking Over God’s Exceptionals

Dicking Over Generally Everything

Peppycito@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y

Dicks Out, Get Eating

IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 1y
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wolfpack86@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

Dickish Orangutans Grifting Everyone

emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 1y

Deftly Obfuscating Grotesque Exploitation

Ryura@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y

Department of Government Enshittification

radicalautonomy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Duplicitous Orange Guy Expires

Panda@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 1y

It's a Shiba Inu.

Skua@kbin.earth · 2 pts · 1y

Department of Gratuitous Elonery

Presi300@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
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daggermoon@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
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DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Move fast and break things (hopefully they follow court orders)

qaz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

MFABT != DOGE