# 4 OG

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-og/519627>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 1, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-og/519627 "2009-12-01T21:23:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Rich\_Mann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@Rich\_Mann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Mann)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-og/519627/1 "2009-12-01T21:23:52Z")

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I just saw this on a CA license plate. It made my day.

I wonder if anyone has “4 FSM”. I’d get “OG SMASH” if I didn’t already have a vanity that I like.

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-og/519627/2 "2009-12-02T00:25:33Z")

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You know it most likely mean **O** riginal **G** angsta, right?

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**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-og/519627/3 "2009-12-02T04:33:04Z")

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I was a juror on a trial and learned that it might also mean “Old Gang” - the sense I got was that of referring to a semi-retired not-so-active gang member.

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**Author:** ![Rich\_Mann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@Rich\_Mann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Mann)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-og/519627/4 "2009-12-02T10:26:50Z")

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Wow. Ignorance fought.

On the other hand, though, I reject your reality and substitute my own–because it would be so much cooler my way.