neg

English

Abbreviation

neg

1. negative
2. (LGBT, public health) HIV negative

Verb

neg (third-person singular simple present negs, present participle negging, simple past and past participle negged)

1. (nonstandard, Internet) To give negative feedback to.

   I negged the seller who didn't send me the widget I paid for.

2. (transitive) To employ a backhanded compliment or mild insult, especially when trying to pick up a date.
   • Jessica Knoll, The Surprising Reasons He Turns You Down For Sex (in Cosmopolitan)

     Women, on the other hand, are wired to believe that men are always ready to reach home base and never turn down a booty opportunity. So when he negs you, it seems unnatural, and you may worry that something’s wrong with your relationship.

   • 2001, "traction_free", Negging (on newsgroup alt.seduction.fast)

     I mean, the thing is, overall you want the chick to feel good about herself around you and because of you. It's true that good negging really helps that, but bad negging--negging where she's already insecure--can kill it.

Usage notes

• The "insult" sense is mostly used in the Seduction community.

Anagrams

• eng, Eng., ENG
• gen, Gen, Gen.

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Danish

Noun

neg n (singular definite neget, plural indefinite neg)

1. sheaf (bundle of grain or straw)

Inflection

    Inflection of neg

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	neg	neget	neg	negene
genitive	negs	negets	negs	negenes

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin naevus.

Noun

neg m (plural negi)

1. wart
2. verruca

Synonyms

• verucă