Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spog

/spɒɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spog
IPA: /spɒɡ/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

A sweet consisting of a disc of jelly, usually aniseed-flavoured, covered in sprinkles.

noun

Acronym of single pane of glass.

Example Sentences

"Jelly worms and beans, fudge, chocolate covered peanuts (whoever thought of chocolate covered raisins should go to hell, by the way), bonbons, spogs, smarties, pink and white chocolate mice, razzies."
"And if you eat a Malteser at the same time as a handful of licorice jelly spogs - jelly buttons covered in blue and pink sugar balls - it's a really surprising combination."
"If I have one weakness, it's junk food. Give me your starry rock, your aniseed spogs, your pink sugar mice. I want it all."

Etymology

From Yorkshire dialect of unclear origin, possibly related to dialectal term spice (“sweets”). More specific sense comes from the Yorkshire-based sweet company Bassett's, who used the term to describe one component of their liquorice allsorts mixture.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /spɒɡ/

Inflected Forms

spogs (plural)

Rhymes With

dog blog log fog frog blue frog tree frog og hog bog jog prog

Questions

How do you pronounce spog?: The recorded pronunciation is /spɒɡ/.
What does spog mean?: A sweet.
Where does spog come from?: From Yorkshire dialect of unclear origin, possibly related to dialectal term spice (“sweets”). More specific sense comes from the Yorkshire-based sweet company Bassett's, who used the term to describe one component of their liquorice allsorts mixture.

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