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scanger
English
Alternative forms
- skanger
Etymology
According to A Dictionary of Hiberno-English:
- "Much of the influence comes from London where the origins of the word 'skanger' can be found. I'm pretty certain this is a collapsed form of the word "scavenger" from a West Indian word used by the Caribbean community in London."
Dolan's dictionary gives the West Indian slang word "skanker", meaning an untrustworthy or unreliable person, as a possible source of the word.
Originally, in 1980s Dublin, it referred only to women but has become broadened to men in recent years.
Noun
scanger (plural scangers)
- (Dublin, Ireland, derogatory) A person who is associated with petty criminality and who is seen as strongly identified with brand names in music, clothing, sport, vehicles, and so forth.
Alternative forms
- skanger
Synonyms
- chav
- charva
- charver
- skobie, scobe
- gurrier
- ned (in Scotland)
- scag, skag
- skeet
- shams
- spide (in Northern Ireland)
- waa
- zook
References
Anagrams
- Cregans, gracens
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spanger
English
Etymology
spange +? -er (“person who does”), root blend of spare +? change, from stereotyped phrase “spare change?”, “spare any change?”
Pronunciation
Noun
spanger (plural spangers)
- (US, slang, derogatory) beggar, one who uses the phrase “spare change?”
- 2007, Pam Hogeweide, Spangers and Song on Hawthorne:
- I squatted down on the sidewalk to get eye level with the spanger (someone who asks passerbys for spare change).
- 2007, Pam Hogeweide, Spangers and Song on Hawthorne:
Usage notes
While sometimes used neutrally, more often used pejoratively, with connotations of professional begging.
Related terms
- spange
- spanging
References
Anagrams
- Pranges, engrasp
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