Where did 'hot dogs' get there name from?

Question

Where did 'hot dogs' get there name from?

Answer 1

pig

Answer 2

its just a random name

Answer 3

Cony Island boardwalk. started out as red wieners for their color, then red hots because they were served hot, then hot dogs for the resemblance to the wiener dog or dachshund.

Answer 4

That they are served Hot. Thats the 'hot' part right their.

Maybe oscar mayer website can help you further.

Answer 5

The term "dog" has been used as a synonym for sausage since at least 1884 ('A sausage-maker...is continually dunning us for a motto. The following, we hope, will suit him to a hair: "Love me, love my dog."') and accusations that sausage-makers used dog meat date to at least 1845 ("Dogs...they retails the latter, tails and all, as sassenger meat.")

Answer 6

People originally though the meat was froma dog instead of a pig. They called it a hot dog but once they found out it was froma pig, they couldn't be bothered to change the name.

Answer 7

the shape are like weiner dogs

and its hot innit?

Answer 8

The name comes from science. I am not a scientist, but I read a book once, and it told me lots of stuffs.

Answer 9

I seriously wouldn't want to know the answer to this question hehe. :]

Answer 10

I think because Cold Dogs didn't sound very appetizing.

Answer 11

There are several stories regarding how the name "Hot Dog" came to be used.

One of the most popular is that a cartoonist/journalist came up with the name when he could not spell the word dachshund, another nick-name for the sausage roll used in the early 1900s. Unfortunately this story asks you to believe that a professional writer didn't own a dictionary, also this cartoon has never been found.

The term "Hot Dog" was used in the Yale University newspaper in the late 1800s (the earliest verifiable use) to describe the sausages served by the local vendors. It was a tongue-in-cheek reference to the meat used to make them. This story seems to be the most authentic and accurate.