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# (Informal) 1960's - to persuade, especially as in "blag in/into," to talk one's way into a party, concert. |
# (Informal) 1960's - to persuade, especially as in "blag in/into," to talk one's way into a party, concert. |
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# (Informal) Contemporary - to obtain for free, particularly by guile or persuasion, especially venture captial during the dot com boom. Its contemporary usage incorporates all of its previous usages, and is also used synonomously for beg as in 'can I blag a fag'. |
# (Informal) Contemporary - to obtain for free, particularly by guile or persuasion, especially venture captial during the dot com boom. Its contemporary usage incorporates all of its previous usages, and is also used synonomously for beg as in 'can I blag a fag'. |
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# ([[Polari]]) - to pick someone up (homosexual slang) |
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Revision as of 21:01, 26 November 2006
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æɡ
Verb
blag
- (Informal) Late 19c. - to steal.
- (Informal) 1940's - to deceive, to hoax.
- (Informal) 1960's - to persuade, especially as in "blag in/into," to talk one's way into a party, concert.
- (Informal) Contemporary - to obtain for free, particularly by guile or persuasion, especially venture captial during the dot com boom. Its contemporary usage incorporates all of its previous usages, and is also used synonomously for beg as in 'can I blag a fag'.
- (Polari) - to pick someone up (homosexual slang)
Noun
blag
- (Informal) - a means of obtaining something by trick or deception. 'A good blag to get into a nightclub is to walk in carrying a record box'
- (Informal) - an armed robbery U.K. (London?) criminal slang.
Derived terms
Croatian
Adjective
blag