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by CoastalCoder 48 days ago
It's kid slang for "original", apparently.
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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. :)

That was my first reading but "original generation" and 2020 don't go well together.
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).
50 year old kids
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?