pog
English
editEtymology 1
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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
editAdjective
editpog (comparative more pog, superlative most pog)
- (Internet slang, text messaging, Twitch-speak) Awesome, excellent, remarkable.
- Dude, that was pog!
Interjection
editpog
- (Internet slang, text messaging, Twitch-speak) Used to denote excitement.
- I just got my paycheck for the month. Pog!
Verb
editpog (third-person singular simple present pogs, present participle pogging, simple past and past participle pogged)
- (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.
Noun
editpog (plural pogs)
- (Internet slang, text messaging, Twitch-speak) A phrase that positively compliments something. Ex. praise.
- Pogs in the chat!
Etymology 2
editGenericization 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
editpog (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.
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editReferences
edit- ^ Michael Gwilliam (2020 April 2) “Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda confused by 'pog' in Twitch chat”, in Dexerto[1], archived from the original on September 10, 2020
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editCebuano
editEtymology
editNoun
editpog
- an individual piece in the game of milk caps
White Hmong
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpog
References
edit- Sue Murphy Mote, Hmong and American: Stories of Transition to a Strange Land →ISBN, 2004)
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