Pete S Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 I still need someone to explain to me how the word Original can be abbreviated to OG. Keep seeing it in peoples sales especially on ebay. It's starting to win me up nearly as much as B-B-Q. 2
boba Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 I'm pretty sure the word actually does date back to the Ice-T song O.G. as in "original gangsta" and evolved into an abbreviation for original over time. You might think people who are into records might use it because they're into rap but actually its use is pretty mainstream now, I think I even heard it used on antiques roadshow. 1
boba Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 haha, I don't think I've heard this song since it was out. It sounds like there's a million edits between phrases to try to keep him on beat or something. 1
Tony A Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 people used to put orig, which is better than og, what next to shorten it ? O
Blunny Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 They're all drunks using the OG as in Original Gravity of fermented alcohol
dob Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 you see it on ebay all the in the listing of original adidas trainers
Guest MrC Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 nearly as bad as people putting 'win me up' now THAT really winds me up, how about you Pete?!
Pete S Posted February 23, 2012 Author Posted February 23, 2012 nearly as bad as people putting 'win me up' now THAT really winds me up, how about you Pete?! Never heard the expression!
Guest MrC Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 I still need someone to explain to me how the word Original can be abbreviated to OG. Keep seeing it in peoples sales especially on ebay. It's starting to win me up nearly as much as B-B-Q. Never heard the expression!
KevH Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Never heard the expression! I still need someone to explain to me how the word Original can be abbreviated to OG. Keep seeing it in peoples sales especially on ebay. It's starting to win me up nearly as much as B-B-Q. Nearly as bad as vynal.
Premium Stuff Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 (edited) Nearly as bad as vynal. Or 'ballard' Edited February 23, 2012 by Premium Stuff 3
Godzilla Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 but not as bad a wax I always thought that wax meant recording and was derived from the OG ( ) wax cylinders, then was transferred to shellack records when they took over and eventually vinyl. Or vynyl, vinal etc if you're on this site...
Premium Stuff Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Nearly as bad as vynal. Or rareity! Aaaaarrrrgggghhh
KevH Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Or rareity! Aaaaarrrrgggghhh OOPs,that might be one of my fopars.Or is it phoparrs?
Winnie :-) Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 OOPs,that might be one of my fopars.Or is it phoparrs? faux pas......... sorry 2
Britishbarry Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Nearly as bad as vynal. Now that really does wind me up
Sheldonsoul Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Northern soul holy grail,can't believe the amount of times I've seen that attached to an average record
George G Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 I never understood the use of 'OG' outside of the limited area of rap and hip hop sampling. Considering that a lot of the people using this term are not well versed in what true 'originals' are - they often seem to be using it for some non specified copy of the source of the sample or beat, rather than the actual original issue of a record that's been available in various editions - at least that hase been my experience as someone from the outside looking in. I guess it seems to be everywhere but that doesn't mean I need to use it or respect it. Yeah, a lot of the current buzz words like 'vinyl', 'digger', 'crate', etc sound stupid to me but it's understandable that a generation who did not grow up with records needs to come up with a new lexicon for them. They sound dumber spoken then they do written in a conversational forum like this. Sometimes I feel like carrying a dirty shovel so I can hand it to someone if they ask me if I'm a 'digger' or a 'crate digger'. Besides 'holy grail' - talk about a tired cliche phrase - I've heard 'white whale' as well - at first I thought they were talking about the record label but it was really a Moby Dick reference to an illusive sought after item. The older generation has some dumb terms as well - 'piece' being one that always bugged me, such as 'that record is a rare piece' - the only 'piece' I want is followed by 'of cake' - not to mention it's also slang for handgun. My favorite - 'pants wettingly rare'! 1
Guest Gogs Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Or rareity! Aaaaarrrrgggghhh must be one of the most over-quoted terms, usually used for records that you can pick up any day of the week.
Guest allnightandy Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 I still need someone to explain to me how the word Original can be abbreviated to OG. Keep seeing it in peoples sales especially on ebay. It's starting to win me up nearly as much as B-B-Q. It means Own Goal if you buy it !
Sleeps45 Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 common word here in the states or at least in Ca!
boba Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 common word here in the states or at least in Ca! REAL TALK
Swifty Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 I still need someone to explain to me how the word Original can be abbreviated to OG. Keep seeing it in peoples sales especially on ebay. It's starting to win me up nearly as much as B-B-Q. Pete , I have an Holy Grail , OG B-B-Q for sale if interested , once owned by the Carstairs !! if you're interested? Swifty
Dean Rudland Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Bob is right. And its prevalence shows how much of the collecting world is dominated by people who came up buying funk and soul on the back of wanting to get hold of the samples from hip hop records from the so called 'golden age'. In my mind it's far less annoying - though probably just as ridiculous - as OVO.
Amsterdam Russ Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 I always thought that OVO was an inferior grade of OXO...
Soulman Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Or 'ballard' What about all those OG Mowtown records :lol:
KevH Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 On JM's once he described a record using "wrench" as in heart wrenching.Always liked that.Of course he should have said "chooon".
Guest gordon russell Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 You must be bored to think up this nothing question...........and the rest of us are for bothering to reply
boba Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Bob is right. And its prevalence shows how much of the collecting world is dominated by people who came up buying funk and soul on the back of wanting to get hold of the samples from hip hop records from the so called 'golden age'. In my mind it's far less annoying - though probably just as ridiculous - as OVO. I partly agree, but also think that words tend to be used and catch on and spread if they're functional. "OG" is shorter than saying original, is easily said (vs. "orig"), and probably as short as you could get since saying "O" probably wouldn't work. If they're now using the word on antiques roadshow to evaluate a sword, I doubt that sword collecting was influenced by hiphop. Also you could pretend that OG is taken from OriGinal. By now the word is close to being stripped from its original roots. Other slang becomes mainstream pretty fast, I swear I've even seen someone on the news describe something as "sick" (and the popularity of poker, whether or not they invented the term, helped push it along a lot, because they say "sick hand" a lot... I don't know if Poker became big in the UK as it did in the US for about 5-10 years). OVO is an acronym that only makes sense within a specific scene at a specific time (and maybe on a specific message board). I could be wrong but I'm guessing it won't catch on and be used for other things. Except for the name of the new cirque du soleil show, but I don't think they got that from here.
Harry Crosby Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 best description i ever saw on a list was............sltwrp, stkr, wol, bb hole, slightly off centre-PLAYS OK
John A Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 INDERMAND narks me,,as do people who put AS instead of HAS.. I as had enough of it
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