Og


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Other definitions for o.g. (2 of 4)

o.g.

abbreviation
  1. Architecture. ogee.

  2. Philately.original gum: the gum on the back of a stamp when it is issued to the public.: Also O.G.

Other definitions for O.G. (3 of 4)

O.G.1

or OG


nounSlang.
  1. a leader or elder in a street gang: Even the toughest homie will show respect to a real O.G.

  2. a person or thing that is respected as genuine and classic (often used attributively): Julia Child was the O.G. of elevated American cuisine.This is an O.G. muscle car built just for street racing.

Origin of O.G.

3
First recorded in 1970–75; abbreviation of Original Gangster, coined by the Crips, a gang founded in 1969 in Los Angeles and extending along the southern California coast. O.G. was popularized by O.G. Original Gangster, the fourth studio album (1991) by the American rapper Ice-T, stage name of Tracy Lauren Marrow (born 1958); cf. gangsta

Other definitions for O.G. (4 of 4)

O.G.2

abbreviation
  1. Architecture. ogee.

  1. Philately. See o.g. (def. 2).

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British Dictionary definitions for OG (1 of 2)

OG

abbreviation for
  1. officer of the guard

  2. Also: o.g philately original gum

British Dictionary definitions for o.g. (2 of 2)

o.g.

abbreviation for
  1. own goal

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