different between sheepshagger vs shagger

English

Alternative forms

• sheep-shagger
• sheep shagger

Etymology

From sheep +? shagger; originally military slang. First used in the 1950s.

Noun

sheepshagger (plural sheepshaggers)

1. (Britain, slang) A man who engages in sexual intercourse with sheep; usually used as a slur for a rural person seen as unsophisticated.
   • 1958, John Le Carré, The Naive and Sentimental Lover

     "Landlord, you're a lowlander and a sheep-shagger and you come from Gerrard's Cross. Goodnight."

   • 1958, Mark Bence-Jones, Paradise Escaped iv. 73

     I used to know a Rockburn once... He was in the Sheep Shaggers.

   • 1982, Private Eye, 2 July, 11/1

     She is now back and planning a Victory Parade not to mention her own visit to the newly reconquered territories to receive the homage of the grateful sheepshaggers, all fifty-nine of them.

   • 1992, Ian Pattison, More Rab C. Nesbitt Scripts, 62

     Who are you calling a sheepshagger?
2. (Britain, slang, derogatory) A term of abuse for inhabitants of various countries or regions which have large populations of sheep.
   1. A person from Wales.
      • 2007, Extras (TV series), Christmas Special

        Shaun: Kids can be cruel, eh?

        Darren: Yeah. They can.

        Shaun: What do they say?

        Darren: You know what they say.

        Shaun: What, "lanky four-eyed twat"?

        Darren: Yeah.

        Shaun: "Weirdo goggle-eyed gimp"?

        Darren: Sometimes.

        Shaun: "Frankenstein's albino gonk"?

        Darren: I've never heard that one.

        Shaun: It's so easy to have a go at a bloke who looks like you, you're just easy pickings, and it's... [trails off and shakes his head]

        Darren: "Sheepshagger" they've said sometimes as well.

        Shaun: I thought "sheepshagger" was Welsh.

        Darren: No, it can be Bristol as well.

        Shaun: I thought Bristol was inbreeding.

        Darren: Sheepshagging, inbreeding, slavery... we're famous for loads of stuff down there.

        Shaun: Oh, all right.

   2. A person from New Zealand.
   3. A supporter of Derby County F.C., a reference to the club nickname of The Rams.

See also

• goatfucker

English

Etymology

shag +? -er

Noun

shagger (plural shaggers)

1. One who shags.
   1. (slang) One who has sexual intercourse with many people.
      • 1997, The Bulletin, Issues 6061-6069, page 74,

        […] deracinated German, ace journalist and communist spy, compulsive cocktail drinker and serial shagger: the agent of penetration par excellence is engaging in sexual congress with a secretary from the German embassy in the Japanese capital.

      • 2006, Richard Hill, Richard Hill: The Autobiography, unnumbered page,

        ‘What do you want to be remembered for, being the best shaggers and drinkers or the best rugby players?’

      • 2007, Mick Quinn, Oliver Harvey, Who Ate All the Pies?: The Life and Times of Mick Quinn, page 69,

        There would be card schools, too, and when we overnighted the shaggers among the lads would be sniffing after everything in a skirt.

   2. One who catches and returns a ball, usually out of play; one who fetches played balls; one who fetches shot game.
      • 1980, Ken Dugan, Secrets of Coaching Championship Baseball, page 24,

        The shagger is placed in this position to avoid the danger of his being hit by a batted ball.

      • 1983, Bob Brister, Doves Galore, Field & Stream, page 61,

        As we arrived at the grainfield a covey of little Mexican boys swarmed in from all directions, waving and yelling and climbing on the bumpers, vying for jobs as bird shaggers. Birds were darting low over the vehicles and somebody got excited and started shooting right there, bringing the kids racing for the fallen birds, because whoever got one had a job for sure.

      • 1995, Mario Pagnoni, Gerald Robinson, Softball: Fast and Slow Pitch, page 100,

        As soon as the outfielder releases the throw to the shagger, a second ball is fungoed and the fielder must react quickly, […] .

      • 2011, Jim McLean, Tom McCarthy, The Complete Hogan: A Shot-by-Shot Analysis of Golf?s Greatest Swing, unnumbered page,

        He always had a shagger, a caddy who put the shag bag right in front of his feet.

2. One who dances the shag; a jazz dancer.
   • 2012, Renee Wright, Myrtle Beach & South Carolina?s Grand Strand, Explorer?s Guides, unnumbered page,

     The first gathering proved so successful that SOS has expanded to a year-round schedule of events, including annual ten-day Spring Safaris and Fall Migrations, attracting up to 10,000 shaggers at a time, plus weekend gatherings in winter and summer.

Derived terms

• ball shagger, shagger's back, sheepshagger