# OG? Please forgive my ignorance .... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 25, 2003, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-please-forgive-my-ignorance/190833 "2003-07-25T10:11:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-please-forgive-my-ignorance/190833/1 "2003-07-25T10:11:14Z")
OK, I gotta ask … As a newbie around here, I see many references to “Og”. Is this some kinda euphemism for the G-word? Julie 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-please-forgive-my-ignorance/190833/2 "2003-07-25T10:45:18Z")
A person once made a spelling error out of god, turning it to og several times. People picked up on it and is applied to a lot of things, usually OG SMASH! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-please-forgive-my-ignorance/190833/3 "2003-07-25T11:27:16Z")
The person in question was a troll and the misspelled (misspelt?) phrase was “Son og god”, where _ **of** _ had been intended; this afforded a rather precious opportunity for much ridicule and hilarity. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-please-forgive-my-ignorance/190833/4 "2003-07-25T13:39:45Z")
OG is the secondary board diety (after the Invisible Pink Unicorn). OG got his start here in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=103615) thread. Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-please-forgive-my-ignorance/190833/5 "2003-07-25T14:54:09Z")
Aha, so we have **racinchikki** to blame for the “OG SMASH” bit, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-please-forgive-my-ignorance/190833/6 "2003-07-25T16:44:21Z")
As I understand it, there were references to “Og smash!” floating around on the Internet before that; the coincidental typo just served to firmly establish it on these boards. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-please-forgive-my-ignorance/190833/7 "2003-07-26T01:04:03Z")
While that’s the origin, Og is (a) an alternate name for the Dagda, head of the Irish polytheistic pantheon (think Zeus with a brogue :)), or (b) his son Angus Og (technically Aengus macOg), Irish God of love (think Freyr, or Eros, though he’s an adult). ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-please-forgive-my-ignorance/190833/8 "2003-07-26T02:56:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Polycarp \* > While that’s the origin, Og is (a) an alternate name for the Dagda, head of the Irish polytheistic pantheon (think Zeus with a brogue :)), or (b) his son Angus Og (technically Aengus macOg), Irish God of love (think Freyr, or Eros, though he’s an adult). Og is also roughly a diminutive nickname for a son of the same name - Hence Angus Mor ( ~ “Big Angus” ) MacDonald’s ( 1230-1296 ) son was Angus Og ( ~ “Little Angus” ) MacDonald ( 1270- 1330 ) - the latter being rather famous as the real establisher of Clan Donald dominance by supporting Robert Bruce in the Scottish Civil War/Independance War. Yes, near-useless trivia - one of the great perks ( or alternatively, vast annoyances ) of reading the SDMB :D. - Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-please-forgive-my-ignorance/190833/9 "2003-07-26T10:34:21Z")
Thanks for the explanations, folks! 🙂 > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by zev\_steinhardt \* > **OG is the secondary board diety (after the Invisible Pink Unicorn)** OK … I’ll take the bait :rolleyes: … who’s the IPU? Julie ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-please-forgive-my-ignorance/190833/10 "2003-07-26T10:44:07Z")
I should point out that the Irish “og” is pronounced with the same vowel sound as that found in the word “oak”, whereas I believe the SDMB version is pronounced as the word “dog” with the “d” removed. The IPU is the Invisible Pink Unicorn, a deity whose non-existence is unprovable. There is much theological debate regarding the mystery of its simultaneous pinkness and invisibility. ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-please-forgive-my-ignorance/190833/11 "2003-07-26T12:15:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*The IPU is the Invisible Pink Unicorn, a deity whose non-existence is unprovable. There is much theological debate regarding the mystery of its simultaneous pinkness and invisibility. \*\* _Whaaaaat?_ You mean not everybody sees [this](http://www.boomspeed.com/judamar/unicorn.jpg) (screen dump) scampering across the screen every time they open a new page on the SDMB??? Julie ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-please-forgive-my-ignorance/190833/12 "2003-07-26T12:18:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shrinking Violet \* > \*\*_Whaaaaat?_ You mean not everybody sees [this](http://www.boomspeed.com/judamar/unicorn.jpg) (screen dump) scampering across the screen every time they open a new page on the SDMB??? \*\* Blasphemer! You have destroyed the IPU’s invisibility! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-please-forgive-my-ignorance/190833/13 "2003-07-27T18:15:48Z")
> [@](#): > > Blasphemer! You have destroyed the IPU’s invisibility! Whaddaya mean? I can’t see the unicorn in that image! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-please-forgive-my-ignorance/190833/14 "2003-07-28T10:48:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chronos \* > \*\*Whaddaya mean? I can’t see the unicorn in that image! 😉 \*\* What unicorn? 😉 Julie ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-please-forgive-my-ignorance/190833/15 "2003-07-28T14:26:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tamerlane \* > \*\* > \<\> > Robert Bruce in the Scottish Civil War/Independance War. > \<\> > > - Tamerlane \*\* 🆒 Shout-out to great great . . . granddad. Don’t see those everyday.