Langer vs Linger - What's the difference?
langer | linger |
(slang, Ireland, pejorative) Fool; idiot; annoying or contemptible person (usually male).
* 1996 , Enda Walsh, Disco Pigs , ISBN 1854593986, p. 8:
* 2006 , September 3, Brendan O'Connor
* 2006 November 22,
(slang, Ireland, vulgar) Penis.
* , "Taking on PJ" in Dublin Noir: The Celtic Tiger Vs. the Ugly American , ed. Ken Bruen, p.23, ISBN 1888451920:
* , All of These People: A Memoir , p.88, ISBN 0007176929:
To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
* 1859 , , A Tale of Two Cities , ch. 15:
* 1891 , , "Mrs. Manstey's View":
* 2011 April 25, Alice Park, "
To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
* 1887 , , The Woodlanders , ch. 14:
* 1904 , , "Asmund and Signy" in The Brown Fairy Book :
(often followed by on) To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytical thinking or discussion.
* 2011 April 14, Michael Scherer, "
As a noun langer
is fool; idiot; annoying or contemptible person (usually male).As a proper noun Langer
is {{surname|from=German}.As a verb linger is
to stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.langer
English
Noun
(en noun)- "Give it up will ya! get a job, ja langer !"
Roy: the discreet object of our desire, Irish Independent :
- And central to it all is wind-up, making a langer out of people, to use that now unfortunate word that can still only be used correctly and said correctly by Cork people, even though the rest of the country has taken to it with gusto, embarrassing themselves like white people trying to talk black slang to be "street".
Hurling abuse when there’s no team in sight, Irish Independent :
- "Langers boy, every wan of ‘em. Golfers are only langers. They’re only golfing cos they can’t hurl. Anyone that golfs in Cork is only a failed hurler and a langer, boy. "
- Mike opened his knees wide, so that his langer would be framed by the gap between his legs. For first impressions a boner would have been good, but not likely.
- He showed me a photograph. There was a woman and a man doing something, but I wasn't sure what. The man was standing over the woman holding his langer (the Cork word) and she was looking up at him smiling. I felt ill and started to walk backwards.
Usage notes
* Originally and mainly restricted toSynonyms
* (annoying or contemptible person) dickhead, knob, asshole, shithead, wanker * (penis) See alsoDerived terms
* langers, langered, acting the langer, langerloadExternal links
*The Gentrification of Langer?, Finbarr Barry, peoplesrepublicofcork *
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* English terms with unknown etymologies ----linger
English
Verb
(en verb)- His tone lingered in the air, almost like the tone of a musical instrument.
- She lingered in the window.
Upgrading the Disaster," Time :
- It takes into account . . . predictions of how long radioactive contaminants will linger in the soil and water near the nuclear facility.
- He lingered through the day, and died that evening as the sun went down.
- During his absence the queen fell ill, and after lingering for some time she died.
Trump's Political Reality Show: Will the Donald Really Run for President?," Time :
- Trump doesn't linger on the poll.
