Etymology A clipping of PogChamp, an emoticon used on streaming site Twitch.tv, 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.
Etymology A clipping of PogChamp, an emoticon used on streaming site Twitch.tv, 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.
Etymology A clipping of PogChamp, an emoticon used on streaming site Twitch.tv, 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.
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Internet To open one's mouth in surprise or excitement in an exaggerated manner.
He was so excited, he pogged.
I pogged so hard, I just, like, broke my jaw2020, Easy Bake: Hard Mode, spoken by Jerma985:
pog
noun
Etymology A clipping of PogChamp, an emoticon used on streaming site Twitch.tv, 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.
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Internet A phrase that positively compliments something; praise.
Pogs in the chat!
pog
noun
Etymology 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.
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A single (usually brightly colored) piece in the game of milk caps.
[…] he was giving out “pogs,” and before long every elementary schoolyard on Oahu had a pog champion.1996, Islands Magazine, volume 16, number 2, page 26:
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.1997, Iona Archibald Opie, Peter Opie, Children's Games with Things, page 120: