Lad vs Lax - What's the difference?
lad | lax |
A boy or young man.
(British) A jack the lad; a boyo.
A familiar term of address for a young man.
A groom who works with horses (also called stable-lad ).
(Ireland) The penis.
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A salmon.
lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.
* J. A. Symonds
loose; not tight or taut.
* Ray
lacking care; neglectful, negligent
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 1
, author=Phil Dawkes
, title=Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom
, work=BBC Sport
(archaic) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
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As a noun lad
is lady.lad
English
Noun
(en noun)- I think he reckons he's a bit of a lad.
Usage notes
Prevalent in Northern English dialects such as Geordie, Mackem, Scouse and Northumbrian.References
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*lad] at [http://septicscompanion.com The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary
Anagrams
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Alternative forms
* (Killian)Etymology 1
From (etyl) lax, from (etyl) .Noun
(laxes)Etymology 2
From (etyl)Adjective
(er)- The rules are fairly lax , but you have to know which ones you can bend.
- Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax , in matters of the passions.
- The rope fell lax .
- the flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy
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