Why are they called hot dogs??? Is the meat made out of hot doggies or something

I have no idea why they are called that but I guess there's a lot of things that have names that don't make sense, like a hamburger. What should a hotdog be named instead? I have no idea! Lol.

Because the shape of it resembles a dachshund. The name "hot dogs" was used during WWI as a substitute for "frankfurters", which was too German for the public mood at the time. Also used was "Liberty cabbage" for sauerkraut, and "Liberty pups" for dachshunds. These went away after people got over their anti-German bias, but hot dogs stayed, because people liked the term.

If your really interested in the name of hot dog, why they are named that what the meat is, and etc...you can go to this link and read all about it. It'll tell you more than you ever probably wanted to know, LOL Happy dog days! http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/HotDog/HDIndex.htm

Well, in Wikipedia there is this entry and it explains how "dog" became part of the name... History Claims of invention of the hot dog are difficult to assess, because various stories assert the creation of the sausage, the placing of the sausage (or another kind of sausage) on bread or a bun as finger food, the popularization of the existing dish, or the application of the name "hot dog" to a sausage and bun combination. The city of Vienna traces the lineage of the hot dog to the wienerwurst or Viennese sausage, the city of Frankfurt to the frankfurter wurst, which it claims was invented in the 1480s; the hot dog has also been attributed to Johann Georghehner, a 17th century butcher from the Bavarian city of Coburg who is said to have invented the "dachshund" or "little-dog" sausage and brought it to Frankfurt. And since it is served hot...