Word of the Day - Pog

Pog

/pɒɡ/
noun
1 A cardboard or plastic disc printed with a design or picture, collected or swapped by children or used in games.
1.1
Pogs A children's game in which players strike a pile of Pogs with an
implement, winning any that land face upwards when they fall.

Origin

1990s:
from POG (acronym from the initial letters of passion fruit, orange,
guava), a trademark for a juice drink originally made by a dairy on
Maui, Hawaii: the lids of the drink provided the first game disks.

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Patrick pounced on the Pog as it rolled toward the sewer grate. It was his favorite. He shuddered to think of it getting lost.