double-dog dare

double-dog dare (third-person singular simple present double-dog dares, present participle double-dog daring, simple past and past participle double-dog dared)

1. (US, informal) Alternative form of double dog dare.
   • 1989 January, Craig Roberts, Charles W. Sasser, chapter 23, in The Walking Dead: A Marine’s Story of Vietnam, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 166:

     It wasn't until he let off a round at Sergeant Shireman when Sergeant Shireman was trying to answer a call of nature in the woods, thereby interrupting the platoon hero at his daily toilette, that we had our fill of him. "Dirty little shitbird!" Sergeant Shireman raged, stomping down the line in open view buttoning his pants, as though double-dog daring the sniper to try it again.

   • 2003, Max Lucado, “God Gets into Things: Stormy Places”, in Next Door Savior, Nashville, Tenn.: W Publishing Group, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 126:

     Double-dog daring his enemies to prove him otherwise, Jesus declared, "Before Abraham was born, I am" (John 8:58).

   • 2008, Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, “Buns in the Oven: What Southern Mamas Tell Their Daughters about Having and Raising Children (with Bread Recipes for All Your Little Honeybuns)”, in Suck Your Stomach in and Put Some Color on: What Southern Mamas Tell Their Daughters that the Rest of Y’all Should Know Too, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 110:

     Someone once wrote in to my radio show and double-dog dared me to address a certain issue on the porch. Their suggestion isn't important to our discussion, but their complete mishandling of the double-dog dare is very alarming.

double-dog dare (plural double-dog dares)

1. (US, informal) Alternative form of double dog dare.
   • 2004, Evelyn Vaughn, chapter 1, in Her Kind of Trouble, Richmond, Surrey: Silhouette Sensation, →ISBN, page 8:

     I didn't need Phil tossing out double-dog dares.

   • 2008, Shellie Rushing Tomlinson, “Buns in the Oven: What Southern Mamas Tell Their Daughters about Having and Raising Children (with Bread Recipes for All Your Little Honeybuns)”, in Suck Your Stomach in and Put Some Color on: What Southern Mamas Tell Their Daughters that the Rest of Y’all Should Know Too, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 110:

     Someone once wrote in to my radio show and double-dog dared me to address a certain issue on the porch. Their suggestion isn't important to our discussion, but their complete mishandling of the double-dog dare is very alarming.

   • 2009 July, Dana Marie Bell, chapter 1, in Dare to Believe, Macon, Ga.: Samhain Publishing, published May 2010, →ISBN, page 10:

     She never could turn down a double-dog dare. […] That double-dog dare led to The Pencil Dick Poster Incident that had gotten Ruby two weeks' suspension and a stag trip to the prom.

   • 2022, Alexandria Bellefleur, chapter 1, in Count Your Lucky Stars, New York, N.Y.: Avon, →ISBN:

     "Olivia and I go way back." Back to Girl Scouts and slumber parties and double-dog dares and pinky promises made beneath the stars.