neg
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
neg (plural negs)
- (debating) Clipping of negative.
Antonyms
Adjective
neg (not comparable)
- (LGBT, public health) HIV negative
Verb
neg (third-person singular simple present negs, present participle negging, simple past and past participle negged)
- (British slang) Deliberately annoy, irritate.
- (transitive, seduction community) To express or imply a negative value judgement of someone to make them desire one's approval, especially when trying to pick up a date.
- 2011 December 16, Jessica Knoll, “The Surprising Reasons He Turns You Down For Sex”, in Cosmopolitan[1]:
- 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 January 18, traction_free, “Negging”, in alt.seduction.fast[2] (Usenet), message-ID <9477av$dpq$1@nnrp1.deja.com>:
- 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.
- 2005, Neil Strauss, quoting Erik von Markovik, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, Text Publishing Company, →ISBN, →OL, page 151:
- She's an 11. This is going to take some hardcore negging.
- (nonstandard, Internet slang, transitive) To leave negative feedback in a reputation tracking system.
- I negged the seller who didn't send me the widget I paid for.
- 2003 June 2, Jim Griffith, The Official eBay Bible, New York: Gotham Books, →ISBN, →OL, page 71:
- It is important to leave feedback to warn others in serious situations, but it is also smart to consider the long-term consequences of racking up lots of negatives because you ‘negged’ someone over a small oversight or a misunderstanding over a three-dollar item.
Noun
neg (plural negs)
- (seduction community) An expression or implication that one has a negative value judgement of someone in order to make them desire one's approval, especially when trying to pick up a date.
- 2005, Neil Strauss, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, Text Publishing Company, →ISBN, →OL, pages 20-21:
- The purpose of a neg is to lower a woman's self esteem while actively displaying a lack of interest in her—by telling her she has lipstick on her teeth, for example, or offering her a piece of gum after she speaks.
- 2011, Benton Miller with Travis Wolfe, The Journal: Man's Quest for the Perfect Match, Moon Planet Publishing, page 104:
- As we sped down Lake Michigan Drive, I was still feeling a little star-struck and decided that on account of her uber-hot looks, I'd need to start launching negs at her like there was no tomorrow.
- 2012, Meg Barker, Rewriting the Rules: An Integrative Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships, Routledge, →ISBN, →OL, pages 77-78:
- Negs include asking whether her nails are real, or saying that you saw someone else wearing her skirt.
Anagrams
Danish
Noun
neg n (singular definite neget, plural indefinite neg)
- sheaf (bundle of grain or straw)
Inflection
Declension of neg
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin naevus. Compare the similar sound shift in fagure.
Noun
neg m (plural negi)
Synonyms
See also
Welsh
Numeral
neg
Mutation
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