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nang¹

  • /næŋ/ US, UK

Rhymes with -æŋ

noun nangs

  1. Australia, New Zealand, slang A metal bulb filled with nitrous oxide gas, inhaled for its disassociative effects, normally intended as a propellant for whipped cream. I reckon the thing that brings on a trip the quickest is definitly^([sic]) a nang (nitrous oxide bulb) while listening to REALLY intense music

    Similar: whippet

nang²

  • /næŋ/ US, UK

Rhymes with -æŋ

Where it comes from

Multicultural London English, from Jamaican English, from Jamaican Creole nyanga, potentially from West African languages, such as Mende (Sierra Leone) nyanga (“ostentation; showing off”) or Hausa yanga (“boastfulness”).

adjective more nang · most nang

  1. Multicultural London English, UK, slang excellent; awesome; masterful; deeply satisfying. That was well nang!

    Similar: fabulous, splendid

Nang³

Where it comes from

From Tibetan སྣང (snang).

proper noun

  1. A county of Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. In 1959, I returned to Tibet to take part in the nationality reformation movement. Later, I also worked as chairman of the women's association in Lang County.

    Similar: Lang

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name county

中文朗縣 /朗县 Lǎngxiàn

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@misc{nang_2026,
  title = {nang},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nang},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}