pog

See also: POG, póg, and pòg

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Potiguára.

Symbol

pog

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Potiguára.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Potiguára terms

English

Etymology 1

    A clipping of PogChamp, an emoticon used on streaming site Twitch.tv,[1] depicting streamer Ryan Gutierrez and derived from 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 is an acronym for "play of the game," as the term is commonly used within the video game streaming community.

    Pronunciation

    • (US) IPA(key): /pɑɡ/, /pɔɡ/
    • (UK) IPA(key): /pɒɡ/
      • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Adjective

    pog (comparative more pog, superlative most pog)

    1. (Internet slang, text messaging, Twitch-speak) Awesome, excellent, remarkable.
      Dude, that was pog!

    Interjection

    pog

    1. (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)

    1. (intransitive, 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[2], spoken by Jerma985:
        I pogged so hard, I just, like, broke my jaw

    Noun

    pog (plural pogs)

    1. (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)

      1. 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.
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      References

      1. ^ Michael Gwilliam (2 April 2020) “Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda confused by 'pog' in Twitch chat”, in Dexerto[1], archived from the original on 10 September 2020

      Anagrams

      Cebuano

      Etymology

      From juice brand POG.

      Noun

      pog

      1. an individual piece in the game of milk caps

      Danish

      Etymology

      From Norwegian Nynorsk påk (stick).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [ˈpɔˀw]

      Noun

      pog c (singular definite pogen, plural indefinite poge)

      1. (archaic) a young boy

      Declension

      Declension of pog
      common
      gender
      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative pog pogen poge pogene
      genitive pogs pogens poges pogenes

      See also

      References

      White Hmong

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /pɒ˧˩̤/

      Noun

      pog

      1. paternal grandmother

      References

      • Sue Murphy Mote, Hmong and American: Stories of Transition to a Strange Land →ISBN, 2004)