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  • POGO
    POGO
    noun
    Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory.
  • pogo
    pogo
    verb
    (intr) to jump up and down in one spot, as in a punk dance of the 1970s

POGO

American  
[poh-goh] / ˈpoʊ goʊ /

noun

  1. Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory.


pogo British  
/ ˈpəʊɡəʊ /

verb

  1. (intr) to jump up and down in one spot, as in a punk dance of the 1970s

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of pogo

C20: from pogo stick ; from the motion

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"There's a clear pattern, going back months, showing that Cuffari has no respect for his role as inspector general," Liz Hempowicz, the director of public policy at POGO, told Politico.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2022

For people with limited income, internet access, or time, deciding between human verification and a face scan may be a forced decision, said Jake Laperruque of POGO.

From The Verge Feb. 11, 2022

A CBP spokesperson emailed a statement to POGO:

From Slate Nov. 21, 2018

"I don't think I'm anybody's puppet," Aguilar is quoted telling POGO.

From Reuters Feb. 11, 2013

The best way to change VA’s retaliatory culture is for the department head “to embrace the whistleblowers,” figuratively and perhaps literally, said Danielle Brian, executive director of POGO, the nonprofit Project on Government Oversight.

From Washington Post

Such a unifying feature is harder to discern in the invention, manufacture and sale of products as disparate as the pogo stick, Mr. Potato Head and the Betsy Wetsy doll.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

Alas, the film’s outlook continued to plummet and soar and plummet again like a jet-propelled pogo stick.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 1, 2026

Since then, the stock has been “bouncing near the bottom like a pogo stick in an infinity pool,” as Mizuho healthcare equity strategist Jared Holz put it in an email to investors early Wednesday.

From Barron's Oct. 29, 2025

The rest of the so-called “Forgotten Five” included the pogo stick, My Little Pony, PEZ dispensers and Transformers.

From Washington Times Nov. 10, 2023

I’d get her kids books for their birthdays; she’d get mine pogo sticks.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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