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kgwgk 9 hours ago

> The o.g. iPad Air we bought in Nov 2020

o.g. ?

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refulgentis 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Original gangsta, which has come to mean “original” with a tint of “I respect it”

They’re either using loosely, as in “my first iPad Air purchased”, or tightly, as in "the original iPad Air release", which was in 2013 but could be purchased used, presumably.

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CoastalCoder 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's kid slang for "original", apparently.

	▲	ssl-3 8 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It's been around long enough to have gained cromulence, I think. I started using "OG" ~16 years ago to disambiguate the Motorola Droid that I had (which was the first Android phone available from Verizon) from the Droid 2, 3, and 4 that came later. "OG Motorola Droid" has specificity, while "Motorola Droid 1" is something that never existed. Anyway, my usage is old enough to drive a car. :)
	▲	kgwgk 9 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		That was my first reading but "original generation" and 2020 don't go well together.
	▲	Jtsummers 9 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Yeah but 10 years late to be described as the original. That said, my parents got rid of their actual OG iPad only 2-3 years ago (did not hold a charge for a long time, finally decided it was time to get one that did).
	▲	Jtarii 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		50 year old kids
	▲	Natfan 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		first gained general use in ~1991, so 35 years ago https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/OG are these "kids" also in the young republicans group chat?