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A.Word.A.Day--tog tog (tog) noun 1. A coat. 2. Togs: Clothes. verb tr. To dress up for a particular occasion or activity. [From shortening of earlier cant togeman, from Latin toga (toga), ultimately from Indo-European root (s)teg- (to cover) that's also the ancestor of other words such as thatch, deck, tile, and detect.] Tog is also the unit of thermal insulation of clothing. Another such unit is clo (shortening of clothes). Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. "Malkin, 47, allows the new arrival a minute to gaze in awe at his collection, eyes adjusting to its psychedelic glamour. Togging out the office like this 'may be a bit over the top' but was in part a reaction to moving to the new place, which lacks the human proportions and lawn views of the old law building on the main campus." Wendy Tuohy; The Colourful Arm of the Law; The Age (Melbourne, Australia); Nov 15, 2004; "We wore our best surfing togs: light blue Levi cords, Pendleton shirts, Converse sneakers." Tim Ryan; Big Waves, Big Screen; Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Hawaii); Oct 24, 2004. This week's theme: short words. X-Bonus Life without industry is guilt, industry without art is brutality. -John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (1819-1900)

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