"This label has taken off on the internet and threatens to become the number one title for hot dogs. Confusingly, the name eschews the traditional slang for hot dogs that reference the sausage's origins with names like frankfurter, or its makeup with names like tube steak, and instead refers to a firearm. Specifically, the word glizzy is apparently derived from the Glock handgun, with the suffix "izzy" tacked on after the first couple letters."
"Rapper Big Pun was likely one of the first to use the word, in his 2000 song, "It's So Hard." But, how the term made the jump from handgun to hot dog is a little more questionable. The general idea is that an extended magazine for a Glock handgun is similar in size to a hot dog, which led street food customers in Washington D.C. to start applying the handgun slang to sausages."
"In some parts of the U.S., hot dogs are a point of pride. Look no further than Detroit's Coney Island hot dogs, the southwest's Sonoran dogs, or Chicago-style links for evidence of how serious people are about these sausages. Even the nation's leaders have strong opinions on the matter, as even Former President Barack Obama shared his controversial opinion about hot dog condiments - spoiler alert: as a Chicagoan, he thinks ketchup is for kids."
The slang glizzy originally referred to the Glock handgun within hip-hop vernacular and appeared in rap lyrics as early as 2000. The term migrated from firearm slang to refer to hot dogs, reportedly because an extended Glock magazine resembles the size of a sausage, prompting Washington D.C. street food customers to apply the name to sausages. The path of this semantic shift remains unclear and lacks definitive origin points. Hot dogs maintain strong regional identities across the U.S., from Detroit's Coney Island style to Sonoran and Chicago-style preparations. Cultural figures express strong condiment opinions about hot dogs.
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