pogue
See also: Pogue and pogué
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /poʊɡ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəʊɡ/
Audio (Berkshire, England) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊɡ
Etymology 1
From Irish póg, from Latin pāx. Doublet of peace.
Noun
pogue (plural pogues)
- (Ireland) A kiss.
- c1670, Anonymous, “Purgatorium Hibernicum”, in Andrew Carpenter, editor, Verse in English from Tudor and Stuart Ireland, Cork University Press, published 2003, page 416:
- 'Sure, sure' sayes Nees, 'she does but jeast, It's not de nature of de beast; Praise dee here, mee joly rogue, And gave de [me] one litle Poge For old acquaintance, for it's dee Dat is mee only gra-ma-cree.' 'Kiss mee? Poo! Fart upon dee, Nees!'
- c1707, Henry Playford, Wit and Mirth: Or, Pills to Purge Melancholy: Being a Collection of the Best Merry Ballads and Songs, Old and New. Fitted to All Humours, Having Each Their Proper Tune for Either Voice, Or Instrument: Most of the Songs Being New Set., volume 4, London: W. Pearson for J. Tonson, page 278:
- […] He ask'd for one Pogue, she call'd him a Rogue, And struck him with her Brogue, […]
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Etymology 2
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Noun
pogue (plural pogues)
- (dated, slang) A purse; hence, money.
- (US, slang) A young, male, passive homosexual.
Noun
pogue (plural pogues)
- (US, military slang) Alternative form of POG (“non-infantry member of the military”)
- POGUE (Permanently On Garrison, Unused Equipment)
- Antonym: grunt
- 2002, Jonathan Shay, Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming
- Although he is noteworthy for the staff jobs he does for the commander in chief, Agamemnon, he's no rear-echelon pogue.
Further reading
pogue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- OED (online) 2008
- pogue at OneLook Dictionary Search
- pogue in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911