Neg

Quick meaning: Neg is a noun meaning (photography) Clipping of negative.

Meaning

(photography) Clipping of negative.

More Meanings

1. (rhetoric) Clipping of negative.
2. (quiz bowl) a penalty for giving an incorrect answer before a tossup has been fully read.
3. (LGBTQ slang) HIV negative.
4. (transitive, Internet slang) To leave negative feedback about (someone) in a reputation tracking system.
5. (seduction community) An expression or implication that one has a negative value judgement of someone in order to make them desire one's approval, especially when trying to pick up a date.
6. (transitive, seduction community) To express or imply a negative value judgement of someone to make them desire one's approval, especially when trying to pick up a date.
7. (slang, British) To annoy or irritate deliberately.

Example Sentences

She's an 11. This is going to take some hardcore negging.

A neg is not an insult but a negative social value judgment that is telegraphed.

Negs include asking whether her nails are real, or saying that you saw someone else wearing her skirt.

As we sped down Lake Michigan Drive, I was still feeling a little star-struck and decided that on account of her uber-hot looks, I'd need to start launching negs at her like there was no tomorrow.

Word Forms

• negs
• negging
• negged

Antonyms for neg

Common opposites include aff, poz.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reg, enc, art, pst, gna, negand.

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