Sage vs Sarge - What's the difference?
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Wise.
* Shakespeare
* Milton
(obsolete) grave; serious; solemn
* Milton
A wise person or spiritual teacher; a man or woman of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.
* 1748 , (David Hume), Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral , London: Oxford University Press (1973), § 34:
The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
(Internet slang) The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply
(seduction community) to go out and engage women]] in order to [[pick up, pick them up
* 2010 , Charlotte Allen,
serge
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As nouns the difference between sage and sarge
is that sage is a wise person or spiritual teacher; a man or woman of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher while sarge is sergeant.As verbs the difference between sage and sarge
is that sage is the act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an when posting a reply while sarge is to go out and engage women in order to pick them up.As an adjective sage
is wise.As an interjection sage
is Word used in the email field of to prevent a bump of the post. Used as an option rather than a word in some imageboard software.sage
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) sage (11th century), from . The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from circa 1300. Originally applied to the Seven Sages of Greece .Adjective
(er)- All you sage counsellors, hence!
- commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counselled the general to retreat
- [Great bards] in sage and solemn tunes have sung.
Synonyms
* sagaciousNoun
(en noun)- We aspire to the magnanimous firmness of the philosophic sage .
Synonyms
* deep thinker, egghead, intellectual, punditDerived terms
* sagely * sageness * sage on the stage * Seven SagesSee also
* rishi * maharishiEtymology 2
From (etyl) sauge, from (etyl) salvia, from , see safe .Noun
(-)Synonyms
* (herb) ramonaDerived terms
* sagebush * Sage Derby * sage dog * sage green * sage grouse * sage tea * sage thrasher * wood sageSee also
* salviaExternal links
* (Salvia officinalis) *Etymology 3
.Verb
(sag)Usage notes
* This word is specific to imageboards. The original purpose of sage is to not bump a thread if one deems one's own post to be of little value.sarge
English
Etymology 1
Shortened from sergeant.Usage notes
* Like mom, dad, or doctor, Sarge can function either as a title, a simple shortening of "sergeant," or a substitute name for the bearer of that title, e.g. Sarge, a character from the American comic strip .Etymology 2
Coined by Ross Jeffries, after his cat Sarge.Verb
The New Dating Game:
- Jeffries pioneered the coinage of distinctive seduction lingo—his most widely used neologism: “sarging ,” named after his cat Sarge and meaning trolling the bars for desirable women—as well as the use of the Internet.