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SonjaMarie
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The younger sister of a girl I went to school with married a guy with the surname of "Scragg" and took his name. 
I'm not sure if others are familiar with the slang meaning, which is roughly a "loose woman" or one who is excessively tarty (it's a bit hard to describe), but it doesn't have good connotations for a female
I'm not sure if others are familiar with the slang meaning, which is roughly a "loose woman" or one who is excessively tarty (it's a bit hard to describe), but it doesn't have good connotations for a female
[quote=""ejays17""]The younger sister of a girl I went to school with married a guy with the surname of "Scragg" and took his name.
I'm not sure if others are familiar with the slang meaning, which is roughly a "loose woman" or one who is excessively tarty (it's a bit hard to describe), but it doesn't have good connotations for a female [/quote]
If you've ever been in the US military, scragg is also a verb -- as in 'to scragg' or 'scragging.' It's not a nice word, pretty meaning to take out a superior officer, usually during the Vietnam war, and mostly a very inexperienced lieutenant who didn't know how to lead mean.
I'm not sure if others are familiar with the slang meaning, which is roughly a "loose woman" or one who is excessively tarty (it's a bit hard to describe), but it doesn't have good connotations for a female
[/quote]If you've ever been in the US military, scragg is also a verb -- as in 'to scragg' or 'scragging.' It's not a nice word, pretty meaning to take out a superior officer, usually during the Vietnam war, and mostly a very inexperienced lieutenant who didn't know how to lead mean.
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MLE (Emily Cotton)
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[quote=""Telynor""]If you've ever been in the US military, scragg is also a verb -- as in 'to scragg' or 'scragging.' It's not a nice word, pretty meaning to take out a superior officer, usually during the Vietnam war, and mostly a very inexperienced lieutenant who didn't know how to lead mean.[/quote]
When I was in the Coast guard, the term for shooting your superior in a firefight --where nobody knew where the bullet came from --was 'fragging'. But maybe different in other services?
When I was in the Coast guard, the term for shooting your superior in a firefight --where nobody knew where the bullet came from --was 'fragging'. But maybe different in other services?
