Prog vs Trog - What's the difference?
prog | trog |
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 nouns the difference between prog and trog
is that prog is progressive rock while trog is a hooligan, lout.As an adjective prog
is abbreviation of progressive.As a verb prog
is to wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek advantage by mean tricks.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)
