different between sperge vs sperg

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp??(?)d?/

Noun

sperge (plural sperges)

1. (distilling) A charge of wash for the still.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

Anagrams

• repegs

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?rd?e

Verb

sperge

1. third-person singular present indicative of spergere

English

Etymology

Clipping of Asperger's.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)?

Noun

sperg (plural spergs)

1. (slang, derogatory, offensive, sometimes reclaimed) An Aspergerian: a person with Asperger's syndrome.
   • 2009, "Playa", re: games workshop staff (on newsgroup rec.games.miniatures.warhammer)

     No, spergs are compulsively self-absorbed and narcissistic. Any naysayers, if acknowledged at all, would simply be labelled "wrong". You see, lesser mammals are not worthy of debate, and we're ALL "lesser".

2. (slang, derogatory, offensive) A person who displays awkward, pedantic, or obsessive behavior stereotypically associated with Asperger's syndrome.

Synonyms

• Aspergerian, Aspergian, Aspergic, Aspie (informal), sperglord (slang, derogatory, offensive)

Hypernyms

• autie (informal)

Derived terms

• spergy

Verb

sperg (third-person singular simple present spergs, present participle sperging, simple past and past participle sperged)

1. (intransitive, slang, derogatory, sometimes reclaimed) To ramble in excessive detail, as someone with Asperger's syndrome would stereotypically do.

Anagrams

• greps, pregs