Actually Bill Pogue is a real word and this is the correct spelling. POG became an acronym because, well honestly a shit ton of soldiers are basically illiterate.
It's Pogue and your lame backromyn doesn't work because a POG is a plastic or cardboard game piece from the 1980s, often colorfully decorated, that you hit with a slammer. Another American cultural fail.
Pogue is gaelic for kiss. An Australian soldier once told me that POG stood for "Posted on Garrison". I always thought that made more sense than our lame backronym.
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ReplyDeleteIt"s POG. Person other than grunt. Kind of taking back the word grunt(ground replacement usually not trainable) for infantry folk.
ReplyDeleteActually Bill Pogue is a real word and this is the correct spelling. POG became an acronym because, well honestly a shit ton of soldiers are basically illiterate.
ReplyDeleteIt's Pogue and your lame backromyn doesn't work because a POG is a plastic or cardboard game piece from the 1980s, often colorfully decorated, that you hit with a slammer. Another American cultural fail.
ReplyDeletePOGs and Pogues sound really similar....lol
ReplyDeletePogue is gaelic for kiss. An Australian soldier once told me that POG stood for "Posted on Garrison". I always thought that made more sense than our lame backronym.
ReplyDeletepogue [ pōg ] (plural pogues)
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Definition:
1. an offensive term for somebody regarded as a coward or sissy
2. an offensive term for a member of the armed forces employed in a rear echelon support capacity
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