Leggo my eggo

[Jessica]

An expression originating from an ad campaign for eggo brand waffles. In each commercial character A would attempt to steal character Bs eggo brand waffles forcing B to yell out Leggo my Eggo to express his disdain at As lack of respect and rude actions

Can be used when someone attempts to take anything of personal importance from you but will rarely succeed in helping you retrieve your possession.

[Little_Girl]

what you say when you have the munchies and somebody comes up and steals your waffle so you kick their ass

[Mark Zuckerberg]

Leggo my eggo is a former German expression for Bite me used in the late 70ies and throughout the 80ies. Leggo comes from Lecken what lick means. my is an easy bavarian mei (mein - in this case meinen). Eggo equals Ego the first person - so me. Together it´s like Lick myself (German Leck mich) or roughly Bite me.

[Guest]

@Mark-Zuckerberg I never knew this etymology. Thanks, Mark!

[Guest]

@Mark-Zuckerberg It's let go of my eggo dumb ass. Like when your sibling tries to steal it from the toaster before you get it.

[Guest]

@Mark-Zuckerberg you’re a weirdo. And you behave like a robotic clone. Must be the brain damage done by the adrenochrome🤢

[Guest]

@mark-zuckerberg
I would fact check this, seems unrelated .
“Leggo my eggo” falls under figurative language.
There’s not so much as a definition precisely; but rather, a play on words to “let go of my eggo” since leggo rhymes better than let go to eggo. Remember this is a commercial where people create ads that will appeal to people to incentivize them to buy there product. Same way “doughnut”is commonly misspelled “donut” advertisers felt this would make it more attractive to buy