pog
English
Etymology 1
A clipping of PogChamp, an emoticon used on streaming site Twitch.tv[1] of streamer Ryan Gutierrez named after his 2011 video called "Pogs Championship" where he wins a game of Pogs. The game is named after the drink Passion Orange Guava, abbreviated POG.
An erroneous folk etymology states that pog stands for "play of the game," as the term is commonly used within the video game streaming community.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /pɑɡ/, IPA(key): /pɔɡ/
- (UK) IPA(key): /pɒɡ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective
pog (comparative more pog, superlative most pog)
- (Internet slang, text messaging, Twitch-speak) Awesome, excellent, remarkable.
- Dude, that was pog!
Interjection
pog
- (Internet slang, text messaging, Twitch-speak) Used to denote excitement.
- I just got my paycheck for the month. Pog!
Verb
pog (third-person singular simple present pogs, present participle pogging, simple past and past participle pogged)
- (Internet slang, text messaging, Twitch-speak) To open one's mouth in surprise or excitement in an exaggerated manner.
- He was so excited, he pogged.
- 2020, Easy Bake: Hard Mode, spoken by Jerma985:
- I pogged so hard, I just, like, broke my jaw
Noun
pog (plural pogs)
- (Internet slang, text messaging, Twitch-speak) A phrase that positively compliments something. Ex. praise.
- Pogs in the chat!
Etymology 2
Genericization of the trademark POG. From juice brand POG (Passion Fruit, Orange, Guava). From the POG brand handing out cardboard milk bottle cap liners as playing pieces for milk caps.
Noun
pog (plural pogs)
- A single piece in the game of milk caps.
- 1996, Islands Magazine (volume 16, number 2, page 26)
- […] he was giving out “pogs,” and before long every elementary schoolyard on Oahu had a pog champion.
- 1997, Iona Archibald Opie, Peter Opie, Children's Games with Things (page 120)
- The basic modern 'Pog' game is played thus. Each child tosses a pog into the arena, face-up or face-down, as agreed. Each player in turn takes his slammer and pitches it hard onto the accumulated pile of pogs.
- 1996, Islands Magazine (volume 16, number 2, page 26)
Synonyms
- milk cap
Derived terms
- poggers
- pogchamp
References
- Michael Gwilliam (April 2, 2020), “Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda confused by 'pog' in Twitch chat”, in Dexerto, archived from the original on 2020-09-10, retrieved September 10, 2020
Anagrams
- GOP, GPO, PGO, gop
Cebuano
Etymology
From juice brand POG.
Noun
pog
- an individual piece in the game of milk caps
White Hmong
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɒ˧˩̤/
Noun
pog
- paternal grandmother
References
- Sue Murphy Mote, Hmong and American: Stories of Transition to a Strange Land →ISBN, 2004)