pog

Meanings

1. Awesome, excellent, remarkable.

1. Used to denote excitement.

1. To open one's mouth in surprise or excitement in an exaggerated manner.

1. A phrase that positively compliments something; praise.

1. A single (usually brightly colored) piece in the game of milk caps.

1. Acronym of personalized oncogenomics.
2. Acronym of person other than grunt, a member of military staff other than infantry.
3. Alternative form of pog (“milk cap”).
4. Acronym of planogram.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- Proto-Italic *patosder.? Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.? Latin patior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin passiōbor. Old English passion ▲ Latin passiōbor. Old French passionbor. Middle English passioun English passion Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- Proto-Italic *frūgjōr Latin fruor Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin frūctus Old French fruitbor. Middle English fruyt English fruit English passion fruit ▲ Italian melaranciacalq. Old French Orengeinflu. ▲ Old Occitan auranjainflu. Old French pomme d'orenge Old French orenge Middle French orangebor. Middle English orenge English orange Taíno *wayababor. Spanish guayababor. English guava English POG English pog Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campusbor. Frankish *kamp Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Frankish *-jan Frankish *kampijan Proto-Germanic *-jô Frankish *-jō Frankish *kampijōbor. Medieval Latin campiō Old French champiunbor. Middle English champioun English champion English champ English pogchamp English pog 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.