Doge Meme Central: Games, GIFs, and Much Wow

What is Doge?

Doge is an iconic internet meme that took the world by storm in 2013. Featuring a Shiba Inu dog and colorful Comic Sans text, Doge has inspired countless memes, games like Doge 2048 and Doge Clicker, and even the cryptocurrency Dogecoin. Whether you're looking for Doge GIFs or want to play DogeMiner, this meme has something for everyone.

Doge Speak: The Language of Wow

Doge memes are known for their unique language style. Common phrases in "Doge speak" include:

Popular Doge Memes and GIFs

The original Doge photo of Kabosu the Shiba Inu with Comic Sans captions

Much classic, very meme

Animated Doge GIF of the Shiba Inu surrounded by doge speak

So animate, wow

Doge 2048 game board with Shiba Inu tiles

Very game, such addictive

Doge Games: From Clicker to Miner

The popularity of Doge has inspired various games, including:

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Where the Doge meme came from

The dog in the picture is a Shiba Inu named Kabosu, a rescue adopted by a Japanese kindergarten teacher who photographed her on a sofa in 2010, front paws crossed, eyebrows raised in the sideways look that the whole meme rests on. The photo circulated for a few years before the format settled in 2013: the same side-eyeing Shiba, surrounded by scattered Comic Sans in loud colours, each phrase a small burst of broken inner monologue.

By late 2013 it was everywhere, and it did something most memes never manage: it produced a currency. Dogecoin launched in December 2013 as a joke, took the Shiba as its mascot, and has outlived the joke by more than a decade.

How doge speak works

Doge speak has a grammar, and the grammar is the punchline. Take a modifier that expects a long, formal noun phrase, then attach it to a single blunt word: much wow, so scare, very business, such doge. The mismatch is the joke, which is why very wow reads slightly wrong and much wow reads right. It closes with a standalone wow, never modified by anything.

Doge FAQ

What is the Doge meme?

Doge is an internet meme built around a photo of a Shiba Inu named Kabosu, overlaid with short, broken-grammar phrases in Comic Sans such as much wow, so scare and very doge. It spread widely from 2013 onwards.

What breed of dog is Doge?

Doge is a Shiba Inu, a Japanese breed. The original photo is of a rescue dog called Kabosu, photographed by her owner in 2010.

What is doge speak?

Doge speak is the meme's deliberately broken English, built from a modifier plus a noun: much wow, so brave, very scare, such doge. The modifier is almost always wrong for the word it attaches to, which is the joke.

Is Dogecoin related to the Doge meme?

Yes. Dogecoin launched in 2013 as a joke cryptocurrency using the Doge meme as its mascot, and the meme and the coin have been linked ever since.

Where can I play Doge games?

Doge2048 hosts several, including Doge 2048, a Doge version of the 2048 puzzle, and Dogeminer Mini, a Dogecoin clicker. Play them here: Doge 2048, Dogeminer Mini, Meme 2048 and the Doge meme collection.