langer

See also 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: /ˈlæŋəɹ/

• Rhymes: -æŋə(r)
• Homophones: Langer

Noun

langer (plural langers)

1. (slang, Ireland, pejorative) fool; idiot; annoying or contemptible person (usually male)
   • 1996, Enda Walsh, Disco Pigs, ISBN 1854593986, 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. "

2. (slang, Ireland, vulgar) penis
   • Eoin Colfer, "Taking on PJ" in Dublin Noir: The Celtic Tiger Vs. the Ugly American, ed. Ken Bruen, p.23, ISBN 1888451920:

     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.

   • Fergal Keane, All of These People: A Memoir, p.88, ISBN 0007176929:

     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.

Usage notes

• Originally and mainly restricted to County Cork

Synonyms

• (annoying or contemptible person): dickhead, knob, asshole, shithead, wanker
• (penis): See also Wikisaurus:penis

Antonyms

• (annoying or contemptible person): sound man

Derived terms

• langers, langered, acting the langer, langerload

External links

• The Gentrification of Langer?, Finbarr Barry, peoplesrepublicofcork
• langer from the Hiberno-English archive

Anagrams

• angler, erlang, largen, regnal

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Dutch

Adjective

langer

1. comparative form of lang

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French

Verb

langer

1. 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” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

   Conjugation of langer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		langer			avoir langé
gerund		en langeant			en ayant langé
present participle		langeant
past participle		langé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	lange	langes	lange	langeons	langez	langent
	imperfect	langeais	langeais	langeait	langions	langiez	langeaient
	past historic1	langeai	langeas	langea	langeâmes	langeâtes	langèrent
	future	langerai	langeras	langera	langerons	langerez	langeront
	conditional	langerais	langerais	langerait	langerions	langeriez	langeraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	lange	langes	lange	langions	langiez	langent
	imperfect1	langeasse	langeasses	langeât	langeassions	langeassiez	langeassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	lange	—	langeons	langez	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• glaner

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlaŋɐ/

Adjective

langer

1. strong masculine singular nominative form of lang.
2. strong feminine singular genitive form of lang.
3. strong feminine singular dative form of lang.
4. strong plural genitive form of lang.
5. mixed masculine singular nominative form of lang.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

langer m (definite singular langeren; indefinite plural langere; definite plural langerne)

1. drug dealer

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Scots

Adjective

langer

1. Comparative of lang; longer.

Adverb

langer

1. Comparative of lang; longer.