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Sarge vs Targe - What's the difference?

sarge | targe |

As nouns the difference between sarge and targe

is that sarge is while targe is (archaic) a small shield.

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
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    targe

    English

    (wikipedia targe)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A small shield.
  • * 1819', The Jester wore his usual fantastic habit, but late accidents had led him to adopt a good cutting falchion, instead of his wooden sword, with a '''targe to match it — Walter Scott, ''Ivanhoe
  • Derived terms

    * target

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