langer
Syllables: lang·er
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Ireland/ˈlæŋɚ/
langer noun: fool; idiot; annoying or contemptible person (usually male).
Noun
langer (plural langers)
- Fool; idiot; annoying or contemptible person (usually male).
- An annoying person.
- "Give it up will ya! get a job, ja langer!"1996, Enda Walsh, Disco Pigs, →ISBN, page 8
- And central to it all is wind-up, making a langer out of people, to use that now unfortunate word that can still only be used correctly and said correctly by Cork people, even though the rest of the country has taken to it with gusto, embarrassing themselves like white people trying to talk black...2006, September 3, Brendan O'Connor Roy: the discreet object of our desire, Irish Independent
- Penis.
- Mike opened his knees wide, so that his langer would be framed by the gap between his legs. For first impressions a boner would have been good, but not likely.2006, Eoin Colfer, “Taking on PJ”, in Ken Bruen, editor, Dublin Noir: The Celtic Tiger Vs. the Ugly American, →ISBN, page 23
- He showed me a photograph. There was a woman and a man doing something, but I wasn't sure what. The man was standing over the woman holding his langer (the Cork word) and she was looking up at him smiling. I felt ill and started to walk backwards.2005, Fergal Keane, All of These People: A Memoir, →ISBN, page 88
Proper noun capitalized: Langer
Langer
- A surname from German.
Synonyms of langer
Forms of langer
| plural | langers |
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Origin of langer
Uncertain. Suggestions include: * from langur monkeys, via the Munster Fusiliers regiment stationed in India * from languor * from lang, variant of long * from "on the lang", supposed variant of on the lam * from leangaire, a word in Cnósach Focal ó Bhaile Bhúirne, a dictionary of the Muskerry Gaeltacht. It means an unusually long slender salmon.
From German Langer (“a surname”, literally “a tall man”).
Words formed from langer
Words that rhyme with langer
Questions about langer
- What does langer mean?
- Langer means fool; idiot; annoying or contemptible person (usually male).
- What part of speech is langer?
- Langer can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce langer?
- Langer is pronounced /ˈlæŋɚ/ (Ireland).
- What is the plural of langer?
- The plural of langer is langers.
Words near langer in the dictionary
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