Shortened from earliertogemans,togeman(“cloak, loose coat”), fromMiddle Englishtog,toge,togue, fromOld Frenchtogue, fromLatintoga(“cloak,mantle”) (compare the doubletstoga andtoge).Togeman(s) was an old thieves' and vegabonds' cant for "cloak; coat". By the 1700s the nountog was used as a shortened form, then with the meaning "coat"; before 1800 the word (in this sense usually in the plural; seetogs) started to mean "clothing". The verbtog ("to dress up") came shortly after. The unit of thermal resistance was coined in the 1940s after theclo, a unit of thermal insulation of clothing, which was itself derived fromclothes orclothing.
I have a rorty gal, also a knowing pal, / And merrily together we jog on, / I doesn't care a flatch, as long as I've a tach, / Some pannum for my chest, and atog on.
Aunit ofthermal resistance, being ten times the temperature difference (in °C) between the two surfaces of a material when the flow of heat is equal to one watt per square metre
“[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go aroundtogged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it.[…]”
Atautog, a largewrasse native to the eastern coast of North America.
2021, Nick Honachefsky, “Catching Tautog from Shore”, inOn The Water[3]:
Though most jetty anglers fish the tip when looking for blackfish,tog can often be found along the entire structure.
2023, Tony Salerno, “Shaking The Winter Jitters: It’s Time For Tog’”, inThe Fisherman[4]:
However, many locations hold plenty of keepertog to 8 pounds, with several monster white chins over the 10-pound mark, particularly along the East End of the Sound.
2006 July 9, “Lapel mic question”, inDV Info Net[6], archived fromthe original on12 April 2024:
Funny you should ask, I had a "scene" with a photographer, at yesterdays' Wedding, over the Groom's lapel Mic, the Groom was ok with it, but thetog, said it would spoil his photos, the Groom had a light jacket on, so it was visible, but, what else can you do?
2016 April 15, “Another Wedding Another Photog screwing things up”, inWhirlpool forums[7], archived fromthe original on4 November 2016:
If thetog said he'd deliver A grade shots but actually delivered D grade –tog is at fault
2022 December 9, “Whats your favourite lens?”, inreddit.com[8], archived fromthe original on9 December 2022:
Been atog for a few years now, bit by bit expanding my lens library and just the other day picked up a 16-35mm f4 IS, it's pretty great.
^Orel, Vladimir E. (2000)A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill,→ISBN, page148