Baggy vs Laggy - What's the difference?
baggy | laggy |
Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.
Of or relating to a British music genre of the 1980s and 1990s, influenced by Madchester and psychedelia and associated with baggy clothing.
A small plastic bag, as for sandwiches.
* 2008 March 6, Kristen Hinmen, "News Real: Seeing Red", '' volume 32 number 10, page 10,
Having a delayed response to a change in the factors influencing it.
(video games, informal) Tending to lag, or respond slowly because of network latency.
As adjectives the difference between baggy and laggy
is that baggy is of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body while laggy is having a delayed response to a change in the factors influencing it.As a noun baggy
is a small plastic bag, as for sandwiches.baggy
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Etymology 1
Adjective
(er)Etymology 2
Presumably (the plural), presumably a genericization of the brand name .Alternative forms
* baggieNoun
(baggies)- In an accompanying affidavit, Apazeller reported that Onstott "has entered the kitchen with a handful of cocaine and asked for a plastic baggy ."
See also
* bag English genericized trademarkslaggy
English
Adjective
(er)- Gasoline prices usually show a laggier response to crude-oil price reduction than to crude-oil price increases.
- I've given up trying to play on that laggy server.
