pogo
pronunciation
How to pronounce pogo in British English:
UK ['pəʊgəʊ]
How to pronounce pogo in American English:
US ['poʊgoʊ]
Word Origin
- pogo (n.)
- 1921, originally a registered trademark (Germany, 1919), of unknown origin, perhaps formed from elements of the names of the designers. Hopping Stilts Are the New French Playthings. ... For France and especially Paris has taken to the "pogo" stick, a stick equipped with two rests for the feet. Inside of the stick is a strong spring so that the "pogoer" may take a series of jumps without straining his powers. The doctors claim that the jarring produced by the successive jumps do not serve to injure the spine, as one might at first suppose. This jumping habit is spreading through France and England and the eastern part of the United States. ["Illustrated World," Sept., 1921] The fad periodically returned in U.S., but with fading intensity. As a leaping style of punk dance, attested from 1977. The newspaper comic strip by Walt Kelly debuted in 1948 and ran daily through 1975.
Example
- 1. As pogo would say , we have met the enemy and he is us .
- 2. The longest distance travelled on a pogo stick .
- 3. Hey , man , she was riding you like a pogo stick ! Up and down !
- 4. Oscar winner renee zellweger as looking like a " painted pumpkin on a pogo stick . "
- 5. Pogo commensurate development of the five dynasties machine will protect " russian-indian bilateral defense capabilities , " will " promote the development of aviation technology between the two countries . "