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▪ I. veg|vɛdʒ|
Pl. veg, veges.
Colloq. abbrev. of vegetable (in quot. 1898, of vegetarian (restaurant)). Cf. vegie.
1898A. Bennett Man from North xi. 95 You know Miss Roberts at the veg—red-haired tart. 1918G. Frankau One of Them xxviii. 219 Clerk of the Court, begone to veg. and joint! 1940Wodehouse Quick Service ii. 21 Have a custard apple? It's on the house. The fruit and veg. department has just given of its plenty. 1946Koestler Thieves in Night 115 She had come in straight from the veg-garden. 1960A. Wesker I'm talking about Jerusalem i. 26 Good garden here. Grow your own veges. 1974J. Aiken Midnight is a Place v. 146 A crudely painted sign that said Veg Soup Half-Penny Per Cup. 1983Truck & Bus Transportation June 81/3 We'll heat a can of veges. 1984Economist 3 Nov. 18/1 Treasury officials paying for their meat and two veg are rightly suspicious.
▪ II. veg, v. slang (orig. U.S.).|vɛdʒ|
Also vedge.
[Abbrev. of vegetate v., or f. veg n.]
intr. Often with out. To ‘vegetate’; to pass the time in mindless or vacuous inactivity, esp. by watching television.
1980Washington Post 14 Aug. dc7/1 They're just vegging out, not seeing what they can do. 1983Verbatim IX. iv. 1/1 Paulies who don't vedge (‘vegetate’) will produce good grades. 1986G. Wolff Providence iv. 29 The dog just vegged, head between its paws. 1988Independent 28 Nov. 26/2 Cold rubbery pizzas for paralytic lager louts vegging out in front of the late-night movie. 1991Ottawa Citizen 14 Dec. 56/1 Television viewing is usually done in a very casual manner. We tend to turn on the set, aim the remote, then veg.
Hence vegged(-out) ppl. a.
1986Life Mar. 46/2 Jeff Abrams..uses the word ‘vegged’ to describe when ‘you're sitting on your couch, your house catches on fire, and you sit there and say, ‘Wow’.’ 1988Computerworld 15 Aug. 101 They don't just sit and get vegged-out in front of the thing. |