Brogged vs Progged - What's the difference?
brogged | progged |
(brog)
To prod with a pointed instrument, such as a lance; to prick or pierce.
To broggle.
(Webster 1913)
(prog)
Abbreviation of progressive.
* 2003 , Frank Moriarty, Seventies Rock: The Decade of Creative Chaos
(label) Progressive rock
(computing, informal) A program.
* 2001 , "n.one", transfer progs from comp to comp'' (on newsgroup ''24hoursupport.helpdesk )
* 2001', "Yoda", ''How do I get '''progs to run when linux 7.1 starts up?'' (on newsgroup ''linux.redhat )
* 2003 , "Leo Edwards", Automating the Windows backup prog to commence backups?'' (on newsgroup ''microsoft.public.win98.apps )
proctor
(slang, obsolete) Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies.
* (Robert Browning)
(slang, obsolete) A vagrant beggar; a tramp.
(obsolete, slang) To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek advantage by mean tricks.
* Fuller
* Burke
(obsolete, slang) To steal; to rob; to filch.
(Scotland) To prick; to goad; to progue.
(Webster 1913)
As verbs the difference between brogged and progged
is that brogged is past tense of brog while progged is past tense of prog.brogged
English
Verb
(head)brog
English
Verb
(brogg)- (Sir Walter Scott)
progged
English
Verb
(head)prog
English
Etymology 1
Abbreviations.Adjective
(-)- Captain Beyond had tentatively dipped their toe in the uncharted American waters of prog rock, but in England, progression was the name of the game, with a host of bands elevating themselves ...
Noun
(en noun)- I've looked around if I can get the prog to start a backup itself, but it still requires some manual commands.
Etymology 2
Noun
- (Jonathan Swift)
- So long as he picked from the filth his prog .
Verb
(progg)- a perfect artist in progging for money
- I have been endeavouring to prog for you.
- (Johnson)