different between baggy vs laggy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæ?i/
• Rhymes: -æ?i

Etymology 1

bag +? -y

Adjective

baggy (comparative baggier, superlative baggiest)

1. Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.

   Synonyms: loose, saggy; see also Thesaurus:loose-fitting

2. (music) Of or relating to a British music genre of the 1980s and 1990s, influenced by Madchester and psychedelia and associated with baggy clothing.
3. (figuratively) Of writing, etc.: overwrought; flabby; having too much padding.

Descendants

• ? French: baggy

Translations

Noun

baggy (plural baggies)

1. (Britain) A member of the 1980/90s British music and fashion movement.

Etymology 2

Presumably back-formation from baggies (the plural), presumably a genericization of the brand name Baggies.

Alternative forms

• baggie

Noun

baggy (plural baggies)

1. A small plastic bag, as for sandwiches.
   • 2008 March 6, Kristen Hinmen, "News Real: Seeing Red", Riverfront Times volume 32 number 10, page 10,

     In an accompanying affidavit, Apazeller reported that Onstott "has entered the kitchen with a handful of cocaine and asked for a plastic baggy."

2. Such a bag filled with marijuana.

Usage notes

• In British and Canadian colloquial usage (from at least the early 1980s) this especially applies to small self-sealing sandwich or freezer bags used for illicit purposes.

See also

• bag

French

Etymology

English baggy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.?i/

Adjective

baggy (plural baggys)

1. baggy

Noun

baggy m (plural baggys)

1. Loose-fitting trousers

English

Etymology

From lag +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?læ?i/
• Rhymes: -æ?i

Adjective

laggy (comparative laggier, superlative laggiest)

1. Having a delayed response to a change in the factors influencing it.

   Gasoline prices usually show a laggier response to crude-oil price reduction than to crude-oil price increases.

2. (computing, Internet, video games, informal) Tending to lag, or respond slowly because of network latency.

   I've given up trying to play on that laggy server.