oggy
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From hoggan.
Noun
[edit]oggy (plural oggies)
- (UK, dialect, Cornwall, Devon) A Cornish pasty.
- Synonym: tiddy oggy
- 2004, Keith Heller, The Woman Who Knew Gandhi, page 81:
- I was given them by a delightful Cornish lady who was quite taken with me and used to make the most delicious tiddy oggy pasties.
- 2012, Max Cryer, Curious English Words and Phrases, page 257:
- Miners ate oggies down the Cornish mines, and one of Henry VIII's wives wrote a letter mentioning Cornish pasties […]
Etymology 2
[edit]Phonetic reading of OG, or OG + -y (diminutive suffix).
Noun
[edit]oggy (plural oggies)
- (UK, soccer) An own goal.
- 2012 January 31, David Collins, Gareth Bennett, Never Mind the Bluebirds: The Ultimate Cardiff City Quiz Book, The History Press, →ISBN, page 2:
- A more recent City centre-half scored two 'oggies' in only 5 league appearances during the early 2000s.
- 2019 October 17, Peter Crouch, I, Robot: How to Be a Footballer 2, Random House, →ISBN:
- 'Dad, there's been an oggy!' The own goal, prized as it is, is something of a rare species at training grounds.
- 2024 September 26, MATCH, Match Annual 2025: The UK's Best-selling Football Annual!, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 82:
- Euro 2024 was one own goal short of the all-time record for the most "oggies" at a single European Championship!