Anyone else hate "TOG"

<p>"Tog" seems to be becoming more popular as urban slang for "photographer". Less key strokes when texting I guess?</p>

<p>Anyone else hate the term?</p>

<p>I did for a long time - it reminded me of Xmas instead of Christmas. However, tog has since grown on me. I think it became even more popular on twitter because of the tweet character limit. </p>

<p>Never heard of the word before and doubt I will use it.</p>

<p>I hate that people now think with their thumbs. Tog is just another example.</p>

Love "fauxtog"

<p>My wife sometimes refers to me as a "trog." Is that close?</p>

<p>In my job it's Top Of Grating, gotta love it.</p>

<p>That's a new one on me. I guess it's just a further expansion of the short speak Twitter users fall into.</p>

<p>Interesting what you get if you image-search for "tog": [<a href="https://www.google.ca/search?q=Tog&espv=210&es_sm=122&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=v0h9Uo6YJOOMygHGjIGgCA&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1440&bih=770">Link</a>]</p>

<p>Text search returns a bunch of oil and gas energy links: [<a href="https://www.google.ca/search?q=Tog&espv=210&es_sm=122&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=OUd9Uv_VNaaOyAGWxoG4Bw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAA&biw=1440&bih=770&dpr=1#es_sm=122&espv=210&q=Tog">Link</a>]</p>

<p>Dictionary search returns references to textiles and their insulance - 15 tog describes the insulation coefficient of an extra-warm duvet. [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tog_(unit)">Link</a>]</p>

<p>Only the Urban Dictionary offers, it seems, whatever you want it to mean: [<a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tog">Link</a>]</p>

<p>Matt, I would interpret "Trog" as a trolling photog, but the urban dictionary seems to offer other ideas. :-) </p>

<p>Sounds like the title of a bad science fiction movie...</p>

<p>Michael: I think she means it to affectionately refer to my sometimes caveman-like existence. "Troglodyte," of course, refers to primitive cave dwellers. Here I am sitting in a dim room huddled around the internet campfire - sounds about right. Time to walk the dogs, and be a fall leaf color tog.</p>

Call me what you want just don't call me late for dinner. At my age the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune don't hurt anymore. I know what I am however flawed.

<p>Well I've seen it twice so far today in my casual browsing of a few forums. It's not in general use by photographers, but I can assure you it's coming!</p>

<p>It's not just a noun either. To "tog" is now a verb as in "Yesterday I was out togging with my new Leica".</p>

<p>I'm not recommending any of these sites, but you can see the term is in common use</p>

<p><a href="http://www.momtog.com/">http://www.momtog.com/</a><br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheModernTog">https://www.facebook.com/TheModernTog</a><br /> <a href="http://togassist.com/tag/photographer/">http://togassist.com/tag/photographer/</a><br>

<a href="http://www.welshtog.co.uk/">http://www.welshtog.co.uk/</a><a href="http://www.welshtog.co.uk/">http://www.welshtog.co.uk/</a><br>

Yes indeed, Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Edward Weston were indeed fine togs and many of their togs were excellent. Next time you're out togging, think of them.</p>

<p>I was surprised to see it used once in the <a href="/info/2013_survey_summary.pdf">site-survey summary</a>. </p>

<p>Here is how far behind the times I am. I still use a land-line 95% of the time. My cell phone is a ''pay as you go'' tmobile phone. It does not even have a camera. I keep in my car for emergencies, backpack when in the boondocks or for calling my long distance customers. I buy a 1000 minutes and don't come close to using all those minutes in a year. I would not know how to use twitter if my phone is capable and I doubt it is.I also spend too much time on Facebook, so I dont want to be like the zombies I see everywhere that cannot stop texting, no matter where they are.... driving, movies, concerts, restaurants, grocery shopping etc..<br />Peeps is another word that I doubt I will ever use. Took me awhile to figure out what the heck folks were talking about. At first I thought they meant those marshmallow candies shaped baby chicks, bunnies, etc..<br />Since, I am doing a mini-rant. What really bugs me is when people make a comment and end it with, ''just saying.'' YES, we know you were ''just saying'' ....since you just said it. Haaaaaaa. Next time I hear that I am gonna reply with ''wow~~groovy.'' Whoops.... showing my age:) <br /><br />Have they come out with a pro-camera that includes texting yet?</p>

<p>And other one I recently came across. "To gram" or "to 'gram" something is to take an instagram of it. Presumably you can go out 'graming and get lots of 'grams.</p>

<p>I guess real togs don't gram. Or maybe they do...</p>

I just read a Adirondacks forum aaking paricipant's opinion about calling the location "Dacks". Now this. Its self inflicted.

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<p ><a href="/photodb/user?user_id=1836730">William Kahn</a> <a href="/member-status-icons"><img title="Subscriber" src="/v3graphics/member-status-icons/sub9.gif" alt="" /><img title="Frequent poster" src="/v3graphics/member-status-icons/1roll.gif" alt="" /></a>, Nov 08, 2013; 03:53 p.m.</p>

 

<p>Sounds like the title of a bad science fiction movie...</p>

 

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<p>I CHUD you not. :)</p>

<p>No I don't hate the word TOG. It reminds me of the years I spent working as a TOG on a cruise ship.</p>

<p>Yeah, I do, but I'm just too stinkin' old and lazy to type all those letters. Had a feeling when I used the term earlier today that I'd ruffle some feathers. Heck, I even ruffled my own. Can we come up with a shorter term?</p>

<p>Og?</p>

<p>Not sure why we need to shorten it though unless we're typing with our thumbs on a touch screen. What's next? Cnon? Nkon? Lca? Sny? It's not like the extra letters cost money...this isn't Fbk or Twtr</p>

<p>We could leave out most of the letters in fact, or just type anything as long as the forst and last leters are right.</p>

 

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<p>ger?</p>

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<p>Language continues to evolve whether you embrace it or resist it. The choice is yours.</p>

<p>We all know that resistance is futile. You <em>will</em> be assimilated.</p>

<p>I embrace that, Bob!</p>