pog

See also: POG, póg, and pòg

English

Etymology 1

A clipping of PogChamp, an emoticon used on streaming site Twitch.tv 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 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/, IPA^(key): /pɔɡ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɒɡ/

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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. (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.

Synonyms

• milk cap

Derived terms

• poggers
• pogchamp

Anagrams

• GOP, GPO, PGO, gop

Cebuano

Etymology

From juice brand POG.

Noun

pog

1. an individual piece in the game of milk caps

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)