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to rawdog
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to tackle a difficult or tedious task alone, without help, preparation, or shortcuts
Slang
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
rawdog
3rd person singular
rawdogs
Present participle
rawdogging
Past simple
rawdogged
Past participle
rawdogged
What does "to rawdog" mean in internet slang?
The term "to rawdog" means to go through a difficult, uncomfortable, or tedious situation without assistance, preparation, coping mechanisms, or shortcuts. The structure is a semantic extension of earlier explicit slang, repurposed online in a broader metaphorical sense to mean doing something in its harshest or most unfiltered form. It is informal internet slang commonly used humorously to describe enduring situations completely "unaltered" or unsupported.
Examples
He rawdogged the project without asking for help.
