different between bagsy vs baggy
bagsy
English
Etymology
Respelling and grammatical repurposing of bags I, as used to claim something for oneself, for example, Bags I have the top bunk!.
Pronunciation
Verb
bagsy (third-person singular simple present bagsies, present participle bagsying, simple past and past participle bagsied)
- (transitive, informal) To make a verbal claim to.
- I bagsy the top bunk of the bed.
Synonyms
- (to make a verbal claim): shotgun, bags
Translations
See also
- dibs
bagsy From the web:
baggy
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bæ?i/
- Rhymes: -æ?i
Etymology 1
bag +? -y
Adjective
baggy (comparative baggier, superlative baggiest)
- Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.
- Synonyms: loose, saggy; see also Thesaurus:loose-fitting
- (music) Of or relating to a British music genre of the 1980s and 1990s, influenced by Madchester and psychedelia and associated with baggy clothing.
- (figuratively) Of writing, etc.: overwrought; flabby; having too much padding.
Descendants
- ? French: baggy
Translations
Noun
baggy (plural baggies)
- (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)
- 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."
- 2008 March 6, Kristen Hinmen, "News Real: Seeing Red", Riverfront Times volume 32 number 10, page 10,
- 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)
- baggy
Noun
baggy m (plural baggys)
- Loose-fitting trousers
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