While i was eating hotdog on stick when i was in park last week, I started to wonder why did they name hotdog a "hot dog" ?? I tried to think of something which has the same look of a hotdog.. then i saw a very red p*nis of a st.bernard dog.......... I dont know......... is that the reason why they name a hotdog "hot dog" ? hotdog is not a dog meat right? then why will they name it hot dog? .. does anyone know the origin of a hotdog?