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Blags vs Blahs - What's the difference?

blags | blahs |

As a verb blags

is third-person singular of blag.

As a noun blahs is

plural of lang=en.

blags

English

Verb

(head)
  • (blag)

    • blag

    English

    Verb

    (blagg)
  • (British, informal, transitive) To obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion.
  • (British, informal) More specifically, to obtain confidential information by impersonation or other deception.
    • The newspaper is accused of blagging details of Gordon Brown's flat purchase from his solicitors.
  • (British, informal, transitive) To beg, to cadge.
    • Can I blag a fag?
  • (UK, informal, transitive) To steal.
  • (Polari) To pick up someone.
  • To persuade.
    • He's blagged his way into many a party.
  • To deceive, to perpetrate a hoax on.

    • Synonyms

    * pretext

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, 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.
  • An armed robbery.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (British, informal) Fake, not genuine.
    • You’re wearing a blag designer shirt!

    Derived terms

    * blagger, Blagger

    External links

    * blag] at [http://septicscompanion.com The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary ----

    blahs

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • A feeling of boredom and no motivation; depression.
  • * 1988 , Robert Harold Schuller, Success is Never Ending, Failure is Never Final
    • Yes, faith is dreaming, which releases a powerful purpose, which sets you FREE from the blahs .
  • * 2005 , Nora Roberts, Red Lily
    • Not even the blues, just the blahs . They keep sneaking up on me, and I don't know why.
  • * 2007 , David G Nathan, The Cancer Treatment Revolution
    • Do you know when people get the blahs' after all this? People get the ' blahs at the very end. Two weeks after you've finished your radiation therapy