ogin

English

Alternative forms

oggin

Etymology

Unclear. Among various suggestions, it may be a corrupted form of hogwash (“swill”),^[1] of noggin (“a small measure of an alcoholic drink”),^[2] or of ocean.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɡɪn/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒɡɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɒɡɪn
Hyphenation: o‧gin

Noun

ogin

(UK, chiefly nautical and navy) A large body of water including the sea or the ocean.
- 2004 April 6, DannyBoy, “Man Overboard Statistics....”, in uk.rec.sailing (Usenet):
  Nobody has yet put up a suitable argument for *never* going into the ogin to help someone who can't raise their own head above the surface...

References

^ “oggin”, in Chambers 21st Century Dictionary‎^[1], 2015 February 11 (last accessed), archived from the original on 4 March 2016
^ “oggin, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2004.

Anagrams

GINO, Gion, Goin, INGO, gino, go in, goin, goin', ingo

Swedish

Etymology

o- (“un-”) +‎ gen (“willing (obsolete)”)

Adjective

ogin (comparative oginare, superlative oginast)

(expressing being) overly unaccommodating or unwilling to grant (a person or the like) something; disobliging, grudging, unwilling, ungenerous, etc.
Som lokalpatriot föredrar jag det lokala kebabhaket. Men grannstadens kebabhak är grymt det med. Jag vill inte vara ogin.
As a hometown boy, I prefer the local kebab joint. But the neighboring town's kebab joint is awesome too. I don't want to be (pettily) ungenerous.

En spelledare får inte vara ogin
A game master must not be too unaccommodating

Nu är du bara ogin
Now you're just being disobliging
stingy, ungenerous

Declension

Inflection of **ogin**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	ogin	oginare	oginast
neuter singular	ogint	oginare	oginast
plural	ogina	oginare	oginast
masculine plural²	ogine	oginare	oginast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	ogine	oginare	oginaste
all	ogina	oginare	oginaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

[1] “oggin”, in Chambers 21st Century Dictionary‎^[1], 2015 February 11 (last accessed), archived from the original on 4 March 2016

[2] “oggin, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2004.

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