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fingies

/ˈfɪn.d͡ʒiz/

fingies is the plural of fingie /fingy.

fingies is the plural of fingy.

Meaning of fingy

Noun

fingy (plural fingies)

  1. (slang, Antarctica or US) Synonym of FNG (“fucking new guy”).
    • Americans, for example, call newcomers to Antarctica “fingies”, which comes from FNGs – a borrowed military abbreviation that means “Fucking New Guy”.2024 June 20, Eva Corlett, “Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    FNG

Questions about fingies

What is fingies the plural of?
Fingies is the plural of fingie /fingy.
How do you pronounce fingies?
Fingies is pronounced /ˈfɪn.d͡ʒiz/.

Words near fingies in the dictionary

  1. fingerwork
  2. fingerwort
  3. fingery
  4. Finghall
  5. fingie
  6. fingies
  7. Finglas
  8. Finglases
  9. fingle-fangle
  10. fingle-fangles
  11. Finglish

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