pog
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Abbreviation of English Potiguára.
Symbol
[edit]pog
See also
[edit]English
[edit]Etymology 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
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɒɡ/
- (US) IPA(key): /pɑɡ/, /pɔɡ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]pog (comparative more pog, superlative most pog)
- (Internet slang, text messaging, Twitch-speak) Awesome, excellent, remarkable.
- Dude, that was pog!
Derived terms
[edit]Interjection
[edit]pog
- (Internet slang, text messaging, Twitch-speak) Used to denote excitement.
- I just got my paycheck for the month. Pog!
Verb
[edit]pog (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
[edit]pog (plural pogs)
- (Internet slang, text messaging, Twitch-speak) A phrase that positively compliments something; praise.
- Pogs in the chat!
Etymology 2
[edit]Genericization of the trademark POG. From juice brand POG (Passion Fruit, Orange, Guava). From the POG brand supplying cardboard milk bottle cap liners as playing pieces for milk caps.
Noun
[edit]pog (plural pogs)
- A single (usually brightly colored[2]) 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
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ “pog”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
Anagrams
[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]pog
- an individual piece in the game of milk caps
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Norwegian Nynorsk påk (“stick”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pog c (singular definite pogen, plural indefinite poge)
Declension
[edit]| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | pog | pogen | poge | pogene |
| genitive | pogs | pogens | poges | pogenes |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “pog” in Den Danske Ordbog
White Hmong
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pog
References
[edit]- Sue Murphy Mote, Hmong and American: Stories of Transition to a Strange Land →ISBN, 2004)
- Translingual terms derived from English
- Translingual abbreviations
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- ISO 639-3
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peh₁-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰruHg-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kh₂em-
- English clippings
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- Danish terms derived from Norwegian Nynorsk
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- White Hmong terms with IPA pronunciation
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