different between backhanded vs neg

English

Etymology

From back +? hand + -ed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæk?hænd?d/

Adjective

backhanded (comparative more backhanded, superlative most backhanded)

1. With the back of the hand.
2. Involving a backward flip of the hand.
3. Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
4. Indirect.
5. Backwards, turned around.
6. (of writing) inclining to the left
7. Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
8. Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.

Alternative forms

• back-handed

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

backhanded

1. simple past tense and past participle of backhand

Adverb

backhanded (comparative more backhanded, superlative most backhanded)

1. In a backhanded manner.

See also

• backhand

English

Etymology

Clipping of negative

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

neg (plural negs)

1. (debating) Clipping of negative.

Antonyms

• aff

Adjective

neg (not comparable)

1. (LGBT, public health) HIV negative

Antonyms

• poz

Verb

neg (third-person singular simple present negs, present participle negging, simple past and past participle negged)

1. (Britain slang) To annoy or irritate deliberately. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. (transitive, seduction community) To express or imply a negative value judgement of someone to make them desire one's approval, especially when trying to pick up a date.
3. (nonstandard, Internet slang, transitive) To leave negative feedback in a reputation tracking system.

   I negged the seller who didn't send me the widget I paid for.

Noun

neg (plural negs)

1. (seduction community) An expression or implication that one has a negative value judgement of someone in order to make them desire one's approval, especially when trying to pick up a date.

Anagrams

• -gen, ENG, Eng., GEN, Gen, Gen., eng, gen, gen.

Danish

Noun

neg n (singular definite neget, plural indefinite neg)

1. sheaf (bundle of grain or straw)

Inflection

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin naevus. Compare the similar sound shift in fagure.

Noun

neg m (plural negi)

1. wart
2. verruca

Synonyms

• veruc?

See also

• negel
• neghin?
• n?gar?

Welsh

Numeral

neg

1. Nasal mutation of deg (“(cardinal) ten”).

Mutation