popdogs

English

Etymology

Blend of popcorn +‎ hotdogs

Noun

popdogs pl (plural only)

  1. (informal) The combination of popcorn and hotdogs.
    • 2008, Gaynor McGrath, “Chapter 14”, in Lemniscate‎[1], Transit Lounge, →ISBN, page 210:
      ‘Okay, we must just be quits by now. Let's go and indulge in Popdogs and Big Sars spiders, and then head on home. I want to spend a bit of time with Trish and Frank this afternoon.’
    • 2018 June 11, Diana Frances, “Smoke-a-Cola” (14:31 from the start), in Corner Gas Animated‎[2], season 1, episode 11, spoken by Hank Yarbo (Fred Ewanuick):
      “Sorry I, uh, lost my head, ladies. Allow me to present you with my specially prepared h'ordurvays.” “Aw! [giggling] Oh. It looks like chopped-up wieners in popcorn.” “Yeah, my own invention, popdogs! I was going to call it "corndogs," but that was a legal can of worms.”
    • 2022 October 4, Beth Garrod, Jess Hitchman, “Section 9”, in Chris Danger, editor, The Inflatables in Do-Nut Panic! (The Inflatables #3)‎[3], Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, page 122:
      COMING SOON: SPLASH OF THE TITANS! “I'm hungry. But for what?” “Pizza?” “PopDogs?” “Another cookie?” “I know what a dough-face really wants . . .” “Another inflata-mazing adventure . . . starring us!”
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