In one of the clips, when the camera jostles slightly out of place, Gutierrez makes a surprised expression, turning to his co-host. In 2010, Gutierrez and a co-host were featured in a blooper reel of the channel. The PogChamp emoticon is a picture of Ryan “Gootecks” Gutierrez, an American Youtuber who has a Youtube Channel named “Cross Counter TV”. The “pog” slang term is a derivative reference from the PogChamp emoticon, essentially a thumbnail-sized picture (some 56 by 56 pixels) featured on the live streaming platform Twitch. It is commonly used in online games like Overwatch and League of Legends and on streaming services like Twitch and YouTube. “Pog” can also be used with “champ” to make “POGChamp.” This is sort of an abbreviation for “play of game champion.” This means that the player performed extremely well in a match and will be the best player in the game and get the “play of the game.”
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Now, “pog” is often used in gaming to mean “ play of the game.” Finally, “pog” can be used as a verb, one that describes a surprised facial expression.īefore the spread of the internet and gaming culture, “pog” was a small, circular piece of cardboard commonly used to play a game by children and young adults in the 1990s. “Pog”, in this sense, can also be used as a stand-alone interjection, essentially meaning “ Cool!”.
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Since the PogChamp emoticon was released in 2012, the word “pog” has come to be a slang word itself, an adjective meaning “ excellent“, “ cool“, “ remarkable“, or “ awesome“.