ogin

English

Alternative forms

oggin

Etymology

Unclear. Among various suggestions, it may be a corrupted form of hogwash (“swill”),^[1] of noggin (“a small measure of an alcoholic drink”),^[2] or of ocean.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɡɪn/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒɡɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɒɡɪn
Hyphenation: o‧gin

Noun

ogin

(UK, chiefly nautical and navy) A large body of water including the sea or the ocean.
- 2004 April 6, DannyBoy, “Man Overboard Statistics....”, in uk.rec.sailing (Usenet):
  Nobody has yet put up a suitable argument for *never* going into the ogin to help someone who can't raise their own head above the surface...

References

^ “oggin”, in Chambers 21st Century Dictionary‎^[1], 2015 February 11 (last accessed), archived from the original on 4 March 2016
^ “oggin, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2004.

Anagrams

GINO, Gion, Goin, INGO, gino, go in, goin, goin', ingo

Swedish

Etymology

o- (“un-”) +‎ gen (“willing (obsolete)”)

Adjective

ogin (comparative oginare, superlative oginast)

(expressing being) overly unaccommodating or unwilling to grant (a person or the like) something; disobliging, grudging, unwilling, ungenerous, etc.
Som lokalpatriot föredrar jag det lokala kebabhaket. Men grannstadens kebabhak är grymt det med. Jag vill inte vara ogin.
As a hometown boy, I prefer the local kebab joint. But the neighboring town's kebab joint is awesome too. I don't want to be (pettily) ungenerous.

En spelledare får inte vara ogin
A game master must not be too unaccommodating

Nu är du bara ogin
Now you're just being disobliging
stingy, ungenerous

Declension

Inflection of ogin
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	ogin	oginare	oginast
Neuter singular	ogint	oginare	oginast
Plural	ogina	oginare	oginast
Masculine plural³	ogine	oginare	oginast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	ogine	oginare	oginaste
All	ogina	oginare	oginaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

References

[1] “oggin”, in Chambers 21st Century Dictionary‎^[1], 2015 February 11 (last accessed), archived from the original on 4 March 2016

[2] “oggin, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2004.

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