scag

noun
/skæɡ/

Etymology

Unknown. Compare scat (“heroin; whiskey”), slag (“waste; a prostitute”), skank (“a disreputable woman”).

Definitions

  1. Heroin.

    • And I was snorting scag while other kids played tag
    • So goodbye Cocaine Carolina, you and I are through / I'm going back to Sandy Scag, she knows just what to do
    • Mark: No. I'm off the scag. Ten days without the scag. And I'm going away.
  2. A woman of loose morals.

  3. A cigarette.

    • “Then have a skag,” said I. / “’Twill make it seem like happier times, / You liked this brand, I understand.”
    • Awoke when our florescent lights came on and went outside to smoke a few scags before breakfast.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. To destroy the data on a disk, either by corrupting the file system or by causing media…

      To destroy the data on a disk, either by corrupting the file system or by causing media damage.

      • That last power hit scagged the system disk.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for scag. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA