scag

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scag

/skæɡ/

Rhymes with -æɡ

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

noun scags · skag

slang, uncountable Heroin. And I was snorting scag while other kids played tag
Similar: Big H, boy, brown sugar, brown, bujj, diacetylmorphine, diamorphine, dog food, dope, dugee, henry, heroin
countable, derogatory, slang A woman of loose morals.
US, countable, dated, slang A cigarette. “Then have a skag,” said I. / “’Twill make it seem like happier times, / You liked this brand, I understand.”
Similar: bine, blem, bogie, boagie, butt, cancerette, cancer stick, boon, cig, ciggy, coffin nail, cowboy killer

verb scags · scagging · scagged · skag

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.

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@misc{scag_2026,
  title = {scag},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scag},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}