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Sarge vs Serge - What's the difference?

sarge | serge |

As nouns the difference between sarge and serge

is that sarge is sergeant while serge is a type of worsted cloth.

As verbs the difference between sarge and serge

is that sarge is to go out and engage women in order to pick them up while serge is to overlock.

sarge

English

Etymology 1

Shortened from sergeant.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (colloquial) 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

  • (seduction community) to go out and engage women]] in order to [[pick up, pick them up
  • * 2010 , Charlotte Allen, 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.
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    * ---- ==Jèrriais==

    Noun

    (f)
  • serge
  • ----

    serge

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) serge, replacing an older borrowing from (etyl) sarge < (etyl) < .

    Noun

  • A type of worsted cloth.
  • (by metonymy) A garment made of this fabric.
  • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (sewing) To overlock.
  • Etymology 2

    (etyl) cierge.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large wax candle used in some church ceremonies.
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