Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ogg

/ɒɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables: ogg
IPA: /ɒɡ/

5

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

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An open bitstream container file format for audio, video, and other multimedia content.

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An unincorporated community in Randall County, Texas, United States.

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Alternative letter-case form of Ogg (“file format”).

Etymology

An abbreviation of OggSquish, a 1993 suggestion by Michael Whitsun to replace the original name (Squish) which was trademarked. Ogg was jargon from the computer game Netrek meaning roughly: to put all your resources into an attack to ensure its success, regardless of any negative consequences on the rest of the game. Allegedly ogg is a corruption of Og, the screen-name of the player who first played the game this way.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɒɡ/

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Computing.

Rhymes With

fog frog og prague hog bog jog hogg smog clog slog rog

Questions

How do you pronounce ogg?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɒɡ/.
What does ogg mean?: An open bitstream container file format for audio, video, and other multimedia content.
Where does ogg come from?: An abbreviation of OggSquish, a 1993 suggestion by Michael Whitsun to replace the original name (Squish) which was trademarked. Ogg was jargon from the computer game Netrek meaning roughly: to put all your resources into an attack to ensure its success, regardless of any negative consequences on the rest of the game. Allegedly ogg is a corruption of Og, the screen-name of the player who first played the game this way.

How to pronounce ogg

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