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		legitster on June 1, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple, FedEx and the cookie apocalypse In this context, it's something that requires a lot of work for little reward. I think it's similar to "dogging" something. It actually has a context in marketing for products where you will have a small stake in a shrinking market: https://www.marketingstudyguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/...

hnzix on June 2, 2021 [–]

In UK/Commonwealth parlance, "Dog" means terrible or slow. "Dogging" is, erm, something very very different and NSFW.

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