DoggoLingo, also known as “DoggoSpeak” is an internet language commonly used by dog lovers to verbalize the thoughts and actions of dogs. Made up of cutesy words and phrases, DoggoLingo primarily appears on humorous Doggo memes, but over the past few years a whole slew of these words has entered our daily lexicon, forever changing the way many of us talk to and about our pets.

The language itself is what you might expect from a dog, with its use of deliberate misspellings and onomatopoeias like “bork,” “hooman,” “smol,” and “teef.” And while it is not a complicated language, the ever-growing lexicon can be hard to keep up with. Unless you are a connoisseur of memes, you may not yet be fluent in DoggoLingo, but don’t fret – we can fix that. Here’s a list of some of the most popular DoggoLingo terms to get you started!

10+/10
Popularized by the WeRateDogs Twitter account, 10+/10 is a rating system for doggos in which the rating is always more than 10. Why? Because dogs are heckin’ awesome, that’s why!

Angery
Alternative spelling of angry. Used when a dog is snarling and showing an angry face – like when they discover you have placed a pill in their cheese.

Awoo
The adorable sound a doggo makes when they howl.
ex. “look mahm, am doin’ awoo!”

Bamboozle
To fool or be fooled by a doggo. Doggos in disguise are often trying to bamboozle you.
ex. “you did me a bamboozle.”

Blep / Blop
A blep or a blop is when your dog has a small portion of their tongue hanging out, usually without opening their mouth fully – always by accident, and often as a “sleppy blep.”

Boi
Alternative spelling of boy. Usually refers to a male dog, but any dog can be a good boi – that is unless they want to be called a good gurl.

Boof
A boof is that huffy sound a dog makes when they are on the verge of barking. Also known as a “pre-bark,” a boof is usually made when they are unsure of whether to bark or not.

Boop
The act of gently and playfully tapping your heckin’ cute doggo on the snoot.

Bork
A bork is a bark. Dogs are known to bork at other dogs, squirrels, mail carriers, vacuum cleaners, and more!

Chimkin / Chimken
Alternative spelling of chicken. An excellent source of protein for good bois and gurls.
ex. “chonk want chimkin nuggers now!”

Chonk / Chonky
Based on the words chunk and chunky, chonk and chonky are used affectionately to describe doggos who are chunky, pudgy, or slightly overweight.

Cloud
Super floofy white doggo, especially the Samoyed, who could easily pass for a puffy and fluffy white cloud with legs.

Cronch
Alternative spelling of crunch. The sound made when something is crushed with teefs. Doggos love to cronch on plastic water bottles, ice, popcorn, etc.

Danger Noodle
Snake, also known as a nope rope or snek.
ex. “heck off danger noodle!”

Derp / Derpy
A derp is a goofy, silly looking facial expression or action that leaves your dog looking…well, derpy. You know, like when your dog’s eyes are crossed, and their tongue is hanging out – or when they fall asleep in a funny position.

Doggo
Yep, you guessed it, doggo is an affectionate term for a dog.

Doin’ me a _______.
Popular expression in DoggoLingo that is a rudimentary way of creating verb phrases.
ex. “doin’ me a frighten,” “doin’ me an educate,” etc.

Floof
A remarkably fluffy Doggo, like the Old English Sheepdog, Husky, Pomeranian, etc.

Floofer
A big ol’ doggo with an abundance of fluffy fur – like the Newfoundland and the Tibetan Mastiff!

Fren
A friend of doggo. Usually appears in memes as a greeting of sorts.
ex. “Henlo fren. Am doggo!”

Gib
Gib means give. Doggos like it when you gib them things – especially pats, huggos, snaccos, treatos, and belly rubs.
ex. Gib me a heckin’ chimkin nuggers, hooman!

Happ
Happy. All doggos want you to be as happ as them in everything you do.

Heckin’ / Heck / H*ck / Hecc
Heck is a dog’s favorite swear word – although they don’t really know any others.

Henlo
Alternative spelling of hello. Doggos love saying henlo to everyone – and everything – they meet.
ex. “henlo fren”

Hooman
Dog’s best friend – the human, gibber of treatos and belly rubs.

Loaf
A thicc or chonk doggo that looks like a loaf of bread.

Long Boi /Long Boy
Long bodied doggos like the greyhound, borzoi, and even the smol long boi dachshund.

Mahm
Mom – the lady who takes doggo to the park, gets them Puppucino, and slips them a bit of bacon at brunch.
ex. ‘Mahm kissed a doggo and she liked it.”

Mlem
A mlem is when a doggo is licking their chops or their tongue is hanging all-the-way out of their mouths – also when they give you a big ol’ kiss. Mlem!

Noods
Short for noodles. Some dogs just gotta have their noods. Don’t deny them.

Nuggs / Nuggers
A doggo’s favorite way to eat chicken is in nugget form, so keep an eye on your doggo unless you want them to eat all of your heckin’ nuggers, man.

Pats
To get pet by a frenly hooman. Not only does this make doggo happy, but it makes hooman happy too.

Pupper
A smol doggo or a puppy.

Sleppy
When a pooped doggo is ready for snoozes, they are most certainly sleppy. Usually occurs after eating or zoomies.

Smol
Smol is an affectionate way of saying that a pupper is tiny and cute – so small and adorable that you just want to pick them up squeeze and squeeze ‘em.

Snacc
Alternative spelling of snack. Also called a snacco or treato. Doggos love them – a lot.

Snoot
A doggo’s nose or snout. Doggos like to boop with and be booped on their snoot. Some even like to stick their snoots in round holes – you know, like when they do the snoot challenge.

Sploot
A sploot is the pose a doggo makes when they lay on their belly with their hind legs stretched out backwards and flat. Corgi’s are notorious for their sploots.

Teefs
Teeth. Sometimes a dog’s lip will get stuck on their teefs. There is even a song about that!

Tippy Taps
A little dance a dog will do when they are filled with excited anticipation or filled with happiness when they see their favorite hooman.

Toe Beans
The adorably squishy toe pads on a doggo’s paws. Yeah, they really do look like beans, huh?

Walkies
Another word for a walk. Chances are, if your dog hears the word walkies, they will meet you at the door with their leash in their mouths.

Woofer
Large doggos, also known as big ol’ doggos. The glorious Great Dane is a prime example of a woofer.

Yapper
A small dog like a Chihuahua or Pomeranian – because little dogs tend to bark sharply, shrilly or snappishly. Bless their heckin’ little hearts.

Zoomies
Zoomies are periods of frenzied running by a doggo. The technical name for this is Frenetic Random Activity Periods or FRAPs. When your dog goes from calm to suddenly running around like a wild animal – that’s the zoomies.