What Are Pogs and Slammers?

Pogs are cardboard discs about the size of a US half-dollar. They're usually blank on one side, with some kind of design on the other side. Slammers are metal discs that are somewhat larger than the pogs themselves.

What did Pogs do?

Put simply, POGs are simple, round discs that were initially used to seal gallons of milk produced by the Maui-based company, Haleakala. Among the line of dairy products produced by the company was a drink known as Passion Orange Guava, which would become the namesake of our favorite little collectibles.

What did Pogs stand for?

POG stands for passion fruit, orange and guava, and was originally the brand of a Hawaiian tropical juice drink. ... POG drinks didn't really have anything to do with POGs the game, but the name stuck.