Meanings
Ogg1
alternative OGG
- file formatAn open bitstream container file format for audio, video, and other multimedia content.
- A surname.
OGG2
- Alternative letter-case form of Ogg (“file format”).
Origin
An abbreviation of OggSquish, a 1993 suggestion by Michael Whitsun to replace the original name (Squish) which was trademarked. Ogg was jargon from the computer game Netrek meaning roughly: to put all your resources into an attack to ensure its success, regardless of any negative consequences on the rest of the game. Allegedly ogg is a corruption of Og, the screen-name of the player who first played the game this way.
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Cite this entry
Ogg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ogg
“Ogg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ogg. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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