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Scag vs Scug - What's the difference?

scag | scug |

As nouns the difference between scag and scug

is that scag is (slang|uncountable) heroin while scug is (scottish) shade, shadow.

As verbs the difference between scag and scug

is that scag is (computing) to destroy the data on a disk, either by corrupting the filesystem or by causing media damage while scug is (scottish|transitive) to shelter; to protect.

scag

English

Alternative forms

* skag

Noun

  • (slang, uncountable) heroin
  • (slang, countable, pejorative) A woman of loose morals.

    • Verb

  • (computing) To destroy the data on a disk, either by corrupting the filesystem or by causing media damage.
    • "That last power hit scagged the system disk."

    Anagrams

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    scug

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scottish) shade, shadow.
  • (Scottish) a shelter, a sheltered place (especially on the side of a hill).
  • (dated, slang) A lower-school or inferior boy.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1881 , author=C. E. Pascoe , title=Everyday Life in our Public Schools , chapter= , url= , isbn= , page=312 , passage= Scug , Et[on]. Har[row]. Negatively, a boy who is not distinguished in person, in games, or social qualities. Positively, a boy of untidy, dirty, or ill-mannered habits; one whose sense of propriety is not fully developed.}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1969 , author=Ralph G. Martin , title=Jennie: the Life of Lady Randolph Churchill: The romantic years, 1854-1895 , publisher=Prentice-Hall , url= , isbn= , page=54 , passage=A scug' was an untidy, ill-mannered , and morally undeveloped boy, a shirker at games, bumptious and arrogant. If not naturally vicious, a ' scug was considered degenerate.}}

    Verb

  • (Scottish) To shelter; to protect.
  • (Scottish) To hide; to take shelter.