# Ogg

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ɒɡ/ · frequency rank #54,983

## Definitions
1. An open bitstream container file format for audio, video, and other multimedia content.
2. A surname.
3. An unincorporated community in Randall County, Texas, United States.

## Etymology
An abbreviation of OggSquish, a 1993 suggestion by Michael Whitsun to replace the original name (Squish) which was trademarked. Ogg was jargon from the computer game Netrek meaning roughly: to put all your resources into an attack to ensure its success, regardless of any negative consequences on the rest of the game. Allegedly ogg is a corruption of Og, the screen-name of the player who first played the game this way.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ogg