"froggery" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-froggery.wav Forms: froggeries [plural]
Etymology: From frog + -ery. Etymology templates: {{af|en|frog|-ery}} frog + -ery Head templates: {{en-noun}} froggery (plural froggeries)
  1. A place or enclosure where frogs are kept, and often bred. Categories (lifeform): Frogs Synonyms: ranarium Translations (frog enclosure): grenouillère [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-froggery-en-noun-o1jSdV42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: frogery
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-froggery.wav Forms: froggeries [plural]
Etymology: Deliberate misspelling of forgery. Head templates: {{en-noun}} froggery (plural froggeries)
  1. (Internet slang) An act of impersonating another user of a newsgroup by crafting the address or sig of a post to be visually similar to that of their victim, as a form of trolling or for the purpose of harming their online reputation. Tags: Internet Related terms: frogger, froger, frogg, frog, frape, sporgery
    Sense id: en-froggery-en-noun-en:act_of_impersonating Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: frogery
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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