pog

P3O1G2
UK/pɒɡ/US/pɑɡ/US/pɔɡ/

adjective

Awesome, excellent, remarkable.

“Pogs in the chat!”

Similar
milk cappogepogue
OriginEnglish pogchamp ← Middle English champioun ← Old French champiun →
UncommonScrabble 6
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Meanings

pog1

adjectivepog (comparative more pog, superlative most pog)

comparative more pog · superlative most pog

  1. InternetAwesome, excellent, remarkable.

    Dude, that was pog!

interjection
  1. InternetUsed to denote excitement.

    I just got my paycheck for the month. Pog!

verbpog (third-person singular simple present pogs, present participle pogging, simple past and past participle pogged)

present singular third person pogs · participle present pogging · participle past pogged · past pogged

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

    He was so excited, he pogged.

    1 more example

    I pogged so hard, I just, like, broke my jaw

    2020, Easy Bake: Hard Mode, spoken by Jerma985
nounpog (plural pogs)

plural pogs

  1. InternetA phrase that positively compliments something; praise.

    Pogs in the chat!

pog2

nounpog (plural pogs)

plural pogs

  1. 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
    1 more example

    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

    Synonyms: milk cap

POG3

nounPOG (countable and uncountable, plural POGs)

plural POGs

  1. abbreviationacronymcountableuncountablebiologyAcronym of personalized oncogenomics.
  2. USabbreviationacronymcountableslanggovernmentAcronym of person other than grunt, a member of military staff other than infantry.

    Synonyms: poge, pogue

  3. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of pog (“milk cap”).
  4. abbreviationacronymcountableuncountablebusinessAcronym of planogram.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
milk cap
Also see
excellentplanogrampogchamppoggers

Origin

pog · adjective, interjection, verb, noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ph₁tós
  3. Proto-Italic*patosder.?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pet-der.?
  5. Latinpatior
  6. Latinpassiō
  7. Old Englishpassion
  8. Latinpassiō
  9. Old Frenchpassion
  10. Middle Englishpassioun
  11. Englishpassion
  12. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrewHg-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*bʰruHgyéti
  14. Proto-Italic*frūgjōr
  15. Proto-Italic*frūjōr
  16. Latinfruor
  17. Latinfrūctus
  18. Old Frenchfruit
  19. Middle Englishfruyt
  20. Englishfruit
  21. Englishpassion fruit
  22. Italianmelarancia
  23. Old FrenchOrengeinflu.
  24. Old Occitanauranjainflu.
  25. Old Frenchpomme d'orenge
  26. Old Frenchorenge
  27. Middle Frenchorange
  28. Middle Englishorenge
  29. Englishorange
  30. Taíno*wayaba
  31. Spanishguayaba
  32. Englishguava
  33. EnglishPOG
  34. Englishpog
  35. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂em-
  36. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂ém-po-s
  37. Proto-Italic*kampos
  38. Latincampus
  39. Proto-West Germanic*kamp
  40. Proto-West Germanic*kampijan
  41. Frankish*kampijō
  42. Medieval Latincampiō
  43. Old Frenchchampiun
  44. Middle Englishchampioun
  45. Englishchampion
  46. Englishchamp
  47. Englishpogchamp
  48. Englishpog

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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pog · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ph₁tós
  3. Proto-Italic*patosder.?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pet-der.?
  5. Latinpatior
  6. Latinpassiō
  7. Old Englishpassion
  8. Latinpassiō
  9. Old Frenchpassion
  10. Middle Englishpassioun
  11. Englishpassion
  12. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrewHg-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*bʰruHgyéti
  14. Proto-Italic*frūgjōr
  15. Proto-Italic*frūjōr
  16. Latinfruor
  17. Latinfrūctus
  18. Old Frenchfruit
  19. Middle Englishfruyt
  20. Englishfruit
  21. Englishpassion fruit
  22. Italianmelarancia
  23. Old FrenchOrengeinflu.
  24. Old Occitanauranjainflu.
  25. Old Frenchpomme d'orenge
  26. Old Frenchorenge
  27. Middle Frenchorange
  28. Middle Englishorenge
  29. Englishorange
  30. Taíno*wayaba
  31. Spanishguayaba
  32. Englishguava
  33. EnglishPOG
  34. Englishpog

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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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

gopPGO
Cite this entry
APA

pog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pog

MLA

“pog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pog. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pog,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pog.

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