I came across one of your comments in a photo blog where you used the term "tog" twice, once with the word amateur in front of it. The context revealed that this is your term of derision for those whom you look down on as inferior in expertise and/or equipment. I could tell how much it makes you feel better about yourself when you use it. In that, it's a great term.
I belong to an informal on-line group of amateur (one who does a thing for the love of it) photographers who enjoy finding comments by pretentious "pros" like yourself. In fact, we have started a collection of these kind of pompous, "look down your nose" comments when we come across them. The humor value of these comments is immeasurable, and we all get a good belly laugh when we find a fresh one still dripping with condescension. It seems photography is just one of those activities that seems to attract more than it's share of elitist snots, so we never run out of "laugh out loud" material from such as yourself.
To get to my point, until now, I never knew there was a name used by the self-appointed gawds of photography up on Mt. Olympus (or would that be Mt. Nikon? No, too common. Maybe Mt. Leica.) for us who lack the proper sophistication in the photographic arts. We are thrilled to know that we mere amateur mortals now have a name: The Togs! We discussed it, laughed ourselves silly over it, and we love it! It's now the official name of our unofficial group. Thanks so much for giving us an identity. We will wear the name with pride, knowing that it came from on high. A thousand thank yous, your excellency!
Regards,
Wesley
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