That’s the point I was trying to make:

It’s a weird thing because DOGE of government could be argued to be a false cognate because you could interpret it to have a meaning that was never intended…but you kind of have to stretch it.

And DOGE Shiba Inu as Musk intends it (shitty “fellow kids”/“hur hur space sex boring company” meme) is a false friend but not a false cognate.

But Doge as OP wrote it, he’s correct and it’s a true cognate.

Anyway, I think we’re pretty well in violent agreement and there’s not much else to say. Cheers!