What does "O.G." stand for?
Currently reading "Slang for the ages. It's swag. bae," by Kory Stamper from International New York Times (October 6, 2014), I came across this acronym O.G.
"It[swag]'s generally taken to be a shortened form of the verb "swagger," which was used to denote a certain insolent cockiness by William Shakespeare, O.G."
Definitions of O.G. I have found so far are the following two:
- officer of the guard.
- original gum: the gum on the back of a stamp when it is issued to the public.
I think it is the second one (only because the first one doesn't seem fit) but what does original gum really mean? I am still confused.
Maybe some explanation with the context will be greatly appreciated.
Solution 1:
It's slang for (and an abbreviation of) Original Gangster.
- someone who has been around, old school gangster
Urban Dictionary
Commonly used to refer to someone who is not a gangster, but is considered highly skilled in a particular area.