Narc vs False - What's the difference?
narc | false |
(slang)
(slang) To suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (e.g. while scuba diving).
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun narc
is (slang) a narcotics squad police officer or narc can be (slang) (spy).As a verb narc
is (slang) or narc can be (slang) to suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (eg while scuba diving).As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.narc
English
(wikipedia narc)Etymology 1
Abbreviation of "narcotics officer".Etymology 2
Alternate spelling of .Verb
(en verb)- “If you narc on me, I’ll rip your arms off”, said Tim to his little brother, as he passed him a cigarette.
See also
* stool pigeonEtymology 3
Short for "narcosis", etymologically related to the first etymology (from "narcotics officer") but instead referring to the medical condition of nitrogen narcosis rather than to narcotics.Verb
(en verb)Anagrams
*false
English
Adjective
(er)A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}