spag

See also: SPAG, spág, and spąg

English

Etymology

UK 1940s,^[1] Australia 1960s^[2]

Noun

spag (uncountable)

(informal) Clipping of spaghetti.

Related terms

spag bol, spag bog

References

^ Eric Partridge (2005), “spag”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 2 (J–Z), London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1824.
^ “spag n.²”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present.

Anagrams

AGPs, PGAs, gaps, PAGs, gasp, A-GPS, PASG, GPAs

Albanian

Noun

spag m (definite spagu) (dialectal, northwestern Gheg)

alternative form of spango

References

Rossi (1866), page 804: “spago” → “spàgh”
Miklosich AF, vol. 2, §788 page 61: “spago” → “spagh-u”
Rossi (1875), page 1238b: “spàgh”
Meyer (1891), page 390: “spango” → “spak-gu”
Weigand (1914), page 78b: “spag”
Leotti (1937), page 1306b: “spak”
Kristoforidhi (1904), page 378: “σπάκ-γου”
Dashi (2013), page 403: “spago” → “spag”

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse spakr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsbæˀj/

Adjective

spag (neuter spagt, plural and definite singular attributive spage)

Inflection

Inflection of *spag*
	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	spag	spagere	spagest²
indefinite neuter singular	spagt	spagere	spagest²
plural	spage	spagere	spagest²
definite attributive¹	spage	spagere	spageste

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.