"nargery" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈnɑɹɡəɹi/ (note: rhotic), /ˈnɑɹdʒəɹi/ (note: rhotic), /nɑːɡəɹi/ (note: non-rhotic), /ˈnɑːdʒəɹi/ (note: non-rhotic)
Etymology: From the uncommon slang word narg (“nerd”), from NARG (“not a real gentleman”), said to have originated at Cambridge. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} nargery (uncountable)
  1. Technical discussion, shop talk. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-nargery-en-noun-pq2Ks6vM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "ref": "1997 June 13, Mark Baker, “POLICE AND EMAIL SECURITY”, in demon.service (Usenet):",
          "text": "Anyway, most email I send, and I suspect most email most people send, is not particularly interesting, consisting mostly of unix nargery, photocopier humour and the occasional attempt to organise social events.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998 January 21, Paul Wright, “Christ Returning”, in uk.religion.christian (Usenet):",
          "text": "It has become TGGD[i] with a side order of nargery about cyperpunk books and virtual reality (occasioned by the comment that \"Paradigm Shift\" sounds vaguely Gibson-esque or something).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999 October 28, \"Rant on Hardcore fandom\" / \"Now Sailor Moon, was Hardcore fandom/\", in uk.media.animation.anime, Usenet, \"Wednesday\" (username)",
          "text": "By the point I got involved there, it had become an issue of technical nargery rather than attack, and do you really expect an obsessive htmlgeek to pass that up? :)"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000 January 24, Peter Maydell, “HTML nargery (was: Re: NTL cable modem roll out)”, in cam.misc (Usenet):",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 April 23, Simon Cozens, “A12: Typed undef”, in perl.perl6.language (Usenet):",
          "text": "It would make some of the current p6i nargery a bit simpler, too.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈnɑɹɡəɹi/",
      "note": "rhotic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɑɹdʒəɹi/",
      "note": "rhotic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɑːɡəɹi/",
      "note": "non-rhotic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɑːdʒəɹi/",
      "note": "non-rhotic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nargery"
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        {
          "ref": "1997 June 13, Mark Baker, “POLICE AND EMAIL SECURITY”, in demon.service (Usenet):",
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          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998 January 21, Paul Wright, “Christ Returning”, in uk.religion.christian (Usenet):",
          "text": "It has become TGGD[i] with a side order of nargery about cyperpunk books and virtual reality (occasioned by the comment that \"Paradigm Shift\" sounds vaguely Gibson-esque or something).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999 October 28, \"Rant on Hardcore fandom\" / \"Now Sailor Moon, was Hardcore fandom/\", in uk.media.animation.anime, Usenet, \"Wednesday\" (username)",
          "text": "By the point I got involved there, it had become an issue of technical nargery rather than attack, and do you really expect an obsessive htmlgeek to pass that up? :)"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000 January 24, Peter Maydell, “HTML nargery (was: Re: NTL cable modem roll out)”, in cam.misc (Usenet):",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 April 23, Simon Cozens, “A12: Typed undef”, in perl.perl6.language (Usenet):",
          "text": "It would make some of the current p6i nargery a bit simpler, too.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɑɹɡəɹi/",
      "note": "rhotic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɑɹdʒəɹi/",
      "note": "rhotic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɑːɡəɹi/",
      "note": "non-rhotic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɑːdʒəɹi/",
      "note": "non-rhotic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nargery"
}

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