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nadger, n. Brit. slang (humorous).
Brit. |ˈnadʒəz|, U.S. |ˈnædʒərz|
[Origin uncertain. Apparently an invented nonsense word first used on the Goon Show, a British comedy radio programme broadcast in the 1950s and 1960s: see quot. 1956 1. With sense 2 compare knacker n.1 3, nad n. 1, todger n.]
1. With the. In pl. or attrib. A non-specific affliction, disease, or illness.
1956S. Milligan & L. Stephens Goon Show (B.B.C. Radio script: 7th Ser. No. 3) 5, I knew that sign only too well. It meant—that these men were stricken with the dreaded Nadger Plague... Run for it! The nadgers! The plague! 1996Scotl. on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 11 Aug. But we know we get the screaming nadgers if deprived of tobacco too long. 1998Guardian 10 Jan. 4 Was waking up last Sunday to realise the raging throat of the previous evening was not bad claret but the dreaded nadgers.
2. In pl. The testicles.
Quot. 1967 is from a comedy monologue by the character ‘Rambling Syd Rumpo’ (see note at rumpo n.), whose material is characterized by the use of nonsense words with a general air of sexual innuendo; the meaning is intentionally vague.
1967B. Took & M. Feldman Round the Horne (1974) 6 Feb. 16 Now my dearios, I'll tether my nadgers to a grouting pole for the old grey mare is grunging in the meadow. 1993Guardian (Nexis) 27 Mar. (Weekend section) 48 Hours spent..freezing my nadgers off in a series of inhospitable Burgundian cellars. 1994T. Pratchett Interesting Times 222 If anyone starts laughing, stab 'em one... That's right! Right in the nadgers! 2000N. Griffiths Grits (2001) 286 Runnin through Prenton in the nuddy with hatpins through me nadgers. |