Definition of "double dog dare"

In Mississippi dare and double dog dare are used by children in quarrelling. Dog dare and double black dog dare I never have heard.]

A[nthony] Shands, “[Supplement.] Dare.”, in Some Peculiarities of Speech in Mississippi, [Miss.?]: [H. A. Shands]; Boston, Mass.: Norwood Press; J. S. Cushing & Company, page 71

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.

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, page 166

["]She'd do anything if you double dog dared her." / "Double dog dared?" I said. / "Yeah." She sat up, plunking another stack of pictures into my hands.

1996, Sarah Dessen, chapter 6, in That Summer, New York, N.Y.: Orchard Books, page 81

They had walked almost a mile outside of town, to the water tower that had elmwood springs written on it in huge black letters, with the express intention of climbing all the way to the top. […] [H]e and Monroe had double-dog-dared each other to climb it, so there was no turning back. Secretly both of them were a little nervous. Scared that they might chicken out at the last minute.

2002 October, Fannie Flagg, “The Water Tower”, in Standing in the Rainbow (Elmwood Springs; 2), New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, page 17

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

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

Edward Jay Roberts didn't get to be an acknowledged leader without three necessary assets: brains, guts, and an almost unnatural absence of fear. No one ever double-dog-dared him anything, because one dare was always sufficient.

2005, David Chapman, ’Til Summer Comes […], Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, page 74

I had been double dog dared. Maybe if Edward had just dared me, I could have chickened out. Now, there was no turning back.

2005, Stephanie Work, chapter 1, in The Witching Season, [Morrisville, N.C.]: Lulu.com, page 6

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.

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, page 110

She'd dare anyone to say Heath wasn't a real man after that almost-kiss last night. Double dog dare them. But she held her tongue. "No, I'm serious. He's a new recruit." / "Shut. Up. A dude who wants to sell makeup?" Wanda could understand Nina's astonishment.

2009 March, Dakota Cassidy, The Accidental Human, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Sensation, page 88

Mandy was the one who'd double-dog dared Ruby to go out with Bobby in the eleventh grade, though she'd long since apologized. She'd dared Ruby to get even when Bobby had bragged all over school that he'd "scored, but she was a lousy fuck".

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

We stopped to eat lunch by a beautiful river pool at the top of a towering waterfall. After a skinny-dip, Nora dared me—double-dog-dared me, to be precise—to jump off the falls, which were at least thirty-five feet high.

2010, Piper Kerman, Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison, New York, N.Y.: Spiegel & Grau, published 2011, page 12

"Go ahead, Bub," Hank says. "Pull the trigger, I dare ya." / "He double dog dares ya!" Robin yells as she continues her search for the lost button.

2011 November 14, Spider Hacksaw [pseudonym], Dystopia, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, page 64

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

2004, Evelyn Vaughn, chapter 1, in Her Kind of Trouble, Richmond, Surrey: Silhouette Sensation, page 8

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.

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, page 110

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.

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

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

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