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Quahog

16 9.5
A made-up town in the TV show Family Guy where the Griffin family lives
  • proper noun
  • /ˈkwɑːhɔɡ/
: Quahog
  • 10 years later, Charlie and I are at a barbeque at Massapequa or Quitipeak or Quahog or somewhere, then he sees her across the room.
  • Quahog Players
  • back to Quahog
  • coming to Quahog

Examples

  • And we're back with our coverage of the Quahog Thanksgiving Day Parade.

  • - Peter Griffin, Quahog, RI

    Blog text (11)

  • At the top of the news, Quahog is suffering its worst heat wave in a century.

  • We're moving back to Quahog as soon as we can get packed.

Surface Forms

Quahog main

Etymology

The word Quahog comes from an old Native American word poquauhock meaning 'large clam'. The show's town is named after that clam, so think of Quahog as a small coastal place where clams live.