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Lagger vs Slagger - What's the difference?

lagger | slagger |

As a verb lagger

is .

As a noun slagger is

one who slags.

lagger

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who installs lagging.
  • * 2001 , Geoffrey Tweedale, Philip Hansen, Magic Mineral to Killer Dust: Turner & Newall and the Asbestos Hazard
    • In particular, Turner & Newall doggedly contested any claims from the largest high-risk group outside the scheduled factory areas — the laggers .
  • (video games, informal) A player who lags (has a poor or slow network connection).

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A member of support staff responsible for contacting lawyers to check how a case is progressing.

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    slagger

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who slags.
  • * 1999 , Elizabeth A. Throop, Net Curtains and Closed Doors: Intimacy, Family, and Public Life in Dublin , page 54,
    • The proper response to slagging is to laugh at oneself while “getting back” at one?s slagger .
  • One who works with slag.
  • * 2009 , , Monongahela Dusk , page 255,
    • Miravich closes his eyes and remembers his days as a slagger'. When a mold is full, a ' slagger moves in with his tool, a techmological marvel othereise known as a board slightly larger than a two-by-four. He leans out over the track and skims slag off the top of the boiling steel, risking what is called “catching a flyer,” which occurs when hot metal explodes out of the mold, spraying everyone in the vicinity.