different between scroggin vs gorp

English

Pronunciation

Noun

scroggin (uncountable)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) A pre-prepared mixture of dried fruit and nuts to eat as a snack while bushwalking.
   • 2010, Charles Rawlings-Way, Brett Atkinson, New Zealand, Lonely Planet, page 76,

     And don?t forget your scroggin – a mixture of dried fruit and nuts (and sometimes chocolate) for munching en route.

   • 2010, Warwick Sprawson, The Overland Track: Cradle Mountiain to Lake St Clair, Red Dog Books, Australia, page 179,

     Trail mix or ‘Scroggin’, is a mix of dried fruit, nuts and sometimes chocolate that?s popular with hikers.

Synonyms

• (food for bushwalking): gorp, trail mix

English

Alternative forms

• GORP

Etymology

The Oxford English Dictionary cites a 1913 reference to the verb "gorp", meaning "to eat greedily". The occasionally theorised good old raisins and peanuts is probably a backronym.

Noun

gorp (uncountable)

1. A loose mixture of dried fruit, nuts, frequently salt, and sometimes other ingredients; designed as an energy supplement for use while hiking, climbing, canoeing, etc.
   • 1985, Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist, Knopf, ?ISBN, chapter 19,

     "They were living in their pajamas so as not to have too much laundry. They were eating gorp for their suppers."

     "I'm not even going to ask what gorp is," Sarah said,

     "It's a mixture of wheat germ and nuts and dried—"

   • 1996: Brian M. Parks, gorp in rec.backcountry

     ...also take some cheese and hard salami and crackers which are normally not contained in gorp to give even more variety. variety is the key here, and a bag of gorp curtails this.....unless of course you wish to pack ten different varieties of gorp with you :^)

Synonyms

• scroggin
• trail mix

Anagrams

• PROG, Prog, prog, prog.