jagoff

English

Etymology

From jag.

Pronunciation

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Noun

jagoff (plural jagoffs)

  1. (derogatory, dialectal, Western Pennsylvania) An irritating, inept, or repugnant person.
    • 1940, Joseph Shannon, "Hodge-Podge", in Spring Hill Quarterly (Spring 1940), Spring Hill College, page 20:
      You don't look like a Mullen. In fact, you look like a Chekov, or a jag-off.
    • 2014 March 4, Nick Kroll, “Mercury Poisoning” (5:10 from the start), in Kroll Show‎[1], season 2, episode 8, spoken by Don (Jon Daly):
      “Listen, jaggoff, I've got a whole treasure trove of Philly magazines, okay? One of 'em's got a picture of Darren Daulton in a tux eating a hotdog.” “That one where he got the mustard on his face?” “Yeah, that's the one.” “Oh, that would move here for sure.”

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