# neg
## English
### Etymology

Clipping of negative.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɛɡ/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛɡ

### Noun

neg (plural negs)
* (photography) Clipping of negative.
* (rhetoric) Clipping of negative.
    Antonym: aff
* (seduction community) An expression or implication that one has a negative value judgement of someone in order to make them desire one's approval, especially when trying to pick up a date.
** 2005, Neil Strauss, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, Text Publishing Company, →ISBN, →OL, pages 20–21:The purpose of a neg is to lower a woman's self esteem while actively displaying a lack of interest in her—by telling her she has lipstick on her teeth, for example, or offering her a piece of gum after she speaks.
** 2007 February 6, Erik von Markovik, The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed, St. artin's Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 94:A neg is not an insult but a negative social value judgment that is telegraphed.
** 2011, Benton Miller with Travis Wolfe, The Journal: Man's Quest for the Perfect Match, Moon Planet Publishing, page 104:As we sped down Lake Michigan Drive, I was still feeling a little star-struck and decided that on account of her uber-hot looks, I'd need to start launching negs at her like there was no tomorrow.
** 2012, Meg Barker, Rewriting the Rules: An Integrative Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships, Routledge, →ISBN, →OL, pages 77–78:Negs include asking whether her nails are real, or saying that you saw someone else wearing her skirt.

#### Derived terms

* neg-raising

### Adjective

neg (not comparable)
* (LGBTQ slang) HIV negative.
    Antonym: poz

### Verb

neg (third-person singular simple present negs, present participle negging, simple past and past participle negged)
* (slang, British) To annoy or irritate deliberately. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
* (transitive, seduction community) To express or imply a negative value judgement of someone to make them desire one's approval, especially when trying to pick up a date.
** 2011 December 16, Jessica Knoll, “The Surprising Reasons He Turns You Down For Sex”, in Cosmopolitan‎:Women, on the other hand, are wired to believe that men are always ready to reach home base and never turn down a booty opportunity. So when he negs you, it seems unnatural, and you may worry that something’s wrong with your relationship.
** 2001 January 18, traction_free, “Negging”, in alt.seduction.fast‎ (Usenet), message-ID <9477av$dpq$1@nnrp1.deja.com>:I mean, the thing is, overall you want the chick to feel good about herself around you and because of you. It's true that good negging really helps that, but bad negging--negging where she's already insecure--can kill it.
** 2005, Neil Strauss, quoting Erik von Markovik, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, Text Publishing Company, →ISBN, →OL, page 151:She's an 11. This is going to take some hardcore negging.
* (transitive, Internet slang) To leave negative feedback about (someone) in a reputation tracking system.
    I negged the seller who didn't send me the widget I paid for.
** 2003 June 2, Jim Griffith, The Official eBay Bible, New York: Gotham Books, →ISBN, →OL, page 71:It is important to leave feedback to warn others in serious situations, but it is also smart to consider the long-term consequences of racking up lots of negatives because you ‘negged’ someone over a small oversight or a misunderstanding over a three-dollar item.
** 2006 March 10, Shauna Wright, Don't Get Burned on eBay: How to Avoid Scams and Escape Bad Deals, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, →OL, page 13:He left negative feedback (a.k.a. “negging”) and vowed vengeance but the seller just laughed as she negged him back.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* ENG, -gen, Eng., eng, GEN, gen, gen., eng., NGE, /gen, Gen, Gen.

## Aromanian
### Alternative forms

* nergu

### Etymology

Probably from Latin mergō. Compare Romanian merge, merg.

### Verb

neg first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative nedzi, past participle nese)
* Alternative form of njergu

#### Synonyms

* imn

#### Related terms

* nãdzeri

## Danish
### Noun

neg n (singular definite neget, plural indefinite neg)
* sheaf (bundle of grain or straw)

#### Inflection
## Romanian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin naevus. Compare the similar sound shift in fagure.

### Noun

neg m (plural negi)
* wart, verruca
    Synonym: verucă

#### See also

* negel
* neghină
* năgară

## Swedish
### Verb

neg
* preterite of niga

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /neːɡ/

### Numeral

neg
* Nasal mutation of deg (“(cardinal) ten”).