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langer
English
Etymology
Uncertain. Suggestions include:
- from langur monkeys, via the Munster Fusiliers regiment stationed in India
- from languor
- from lang, variant of long
- from "on the lang", supposed variant of on the lam
- from leangaire, a word in Cnósach Focal ó Bhaile Bhúirne, a dictionary of the Muskerry Gaeltacht. It means an unusually long slender salmon.
Pronunciation
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /?læ???/
- Rhymes: -æ??(r)
- Homophones: Langer
Noun
langer (plural langers)
- (slang, Ireland, derogatory) Fool; idiot; annoying or contemptible person (usually male).
- (slang, Ireland, derogatory, offensive, used in Cork) A person from south county Dublin.
- 1996, Enda Walsh, Disco Pigs, ?ISBN, p. 8:
- "Give it up will ya! get a job, ja langer!"
- 2006, September 3, Brendan O'Connor Roy: the discreet object of our desire, Irish Independent:
- And central to it all is wind-up, making a langer out of people, to use that now unfortunate word that can still only be used correctly and said correctly by Cork people, even though the rest of the country has taken to it with gusto, embarrassing themselves like white people trying to talk black slang to be "street".
- 2006 November 22, Hurling abuse when there’s no team in sight, Irish Independent:
- "Langers boy, every wan of ‘em. Golfers are only langers. They’re only golfing cos they can’t hurl. Anyone that golfs in Cork is only a failed hurler and a langer, boy. "
- 1996, Enda Walsh, Disco Pigs, ?ISBN, p. 8:
- (slang, Ireland, vulgar) Penis.
- 2006, Eoin Colfer, "Taking on PJ" in Dublin Noir: The Celtic Tiger Vs. the Ugly American, ed. Ken Bruen, p.23, ?ISBN:
- Mike opened his knees wide, so that his langer would be framed by the gap between his legs. For first impressions a boner would have been good, but not likely.
- 2005, Fergal Keane, All of These People: A Memoir, p.88, ?ISBN:
- He showed me a photograph. There was a woman and a man doing something, but I wasn't sure what. The man was standing over the woman holding his langer (the Cork word) and she was looking up at him smiling. I felt ill and started to walk backwards.
- 2006, Eoin Colfer, "Taking on PJ" in Dublin Noir: The Celtic Tiger Vs. the Ugly American, ed. Ken Bruen, p.23, ?ISBN:
Usage notes
- Originally and mainly restricted to County Cork
Synonyms
- (annoying or contemptible person): dickhead, knob, asshole, shithead, wanker
- (penis): See also Thesaurus:penis
Derived terms
- langers, langered, acting the langer, langerload
Anagrams
- Nagler, Nergal, Rangel, angler, erlang, gen'ral, largen, rangle, regnal
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -???r
Adjective
langer
- Comparative form of lang
French
Etymology
Related to langes (“swaddling clothes”).
Verb
langer
- to diaper (to put diapers on someone)
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written lange- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Further reading
- “langer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- glaner
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?la??/
Adjective
langer
- inflection of lang:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural
Norwegian Bokmål
See also
- langar (Nynorsk)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lâ?.??r/, [?l???.???], [?l???.???]
Etymology 1
lange (“send, deal”) +? -er (“-er”) (agent nominalization suffix)
Noun
langer m (definite singular langeren, indefinite plural langere, definite plural langerne)
- dealer, peddler; someone who deals or peddles
- drug dealer; someone who deals narcotics
Etymology 2
Verb
langer
- present of lange
References
- “langer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “langer” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse langr, from Proto-Germanic *langaz.
Adjective
langer
- long
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: lång
Scots
Adjective
langer
- comparative degree of lang
Adverb
langer
- comparative degree of lang
langer From the web:
flanger
English
Etymology
flange +? -er
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?flæn.d??(?)/
Noun
flanger (plural flangers)
- (music) An electronic device or software that alters the sound of an instrument by combining out-of-phase copies of its original sound.
- (US) A mechanical device used to remove ice and snow from railway lines.
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