nadgern.

Brit.

/ˈnadʒə/, U.S.

/ˈnædʒər/

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: 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 at sense 1. With sense 2 compare knacker n.¹ 3, nad n. 1, todger n.

British slang (humorous).

1. With the. In plural or attributive. A non-specific affliction, disease, or illness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [noun]

soreOE

cothec1000

sicknessc1000

evilc1275

maladyc1275

grievance1377

passiona1382

infirmityc1384

mischiefa1387

affectiona1398

grievinga1398

grief1398

sicka1400

case?a1425

plaguec1425

diseasea1475

alteration1533

craze1534

uncome1538

impediment1542

affliction?1555

ailment1606

disaster1614

garget1615

morbus1630

ail1648

disaffect1683

disorder1690

illness1692

trouble1726

complaint1727

skookum1838

claim1898

itis1909

bug1918

wog1925

crud1932

bot1937

lurgy1947

Korean haemorrhagic fever1951

nadger1956

1956 S. 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!

1996 Scotl. on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 11 Aug. But we know we get the screaming nadgers if deprived of tobacco too long.

1998 Guardian 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 plural. 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.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [noun] > testicle or testicles

bollockeOE

codOE

stone1154

balla1325

cullionc1386

genitoriesa1387

pendantsa1400

bollock stone?a1425

testiclec1425

jewelc1475

dimissariesa1513

dowsetc1560

pill1608

bauble1654

Aaron's bells1681

nutmegs1690

codlings?1691

testis1704

spermarium1861

spermary1864

marblesa1866

nut1865

knackers1866

rock1918

cobbler1934

plum1934

gooly1937

nad1964

cojones1966

nadgers1967

noonies1972

1967 B. 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.

1993 Guardian (Nexis) 27 Mar. (Weekend Suppl.) 48 Hours spent..freezing my nadgers off in a series of inhospitable Burgundian cellars.

1994 T. Pratchett Interesting Times 222 If anyone starts laughing, stab 'em one... That's right! Right in the nadgers!

2000 N. Griffiths Grits (2001) 286 Runnin through Prenton in the nuddy with hatpins through me nadgers.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nadger
释义	nadgern. Brit. /ˈnadʒə/, U.S. /ˈnædʒər/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: 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 at sense 1. With sense 2 compare knacker n.¹ 3, nad n. 1, todger n. British slang (humorous). 1. With the. In plural or attributive. A non-specific affliction, disease, or illness. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [noun] soreOE cothec1000 sicknessc1000 evilc1275 maladyc1275 grievance1377 passiona1382 infirmityc1384 mischiefa1387 affectiona1398 grievinga1398 grief1398 sicka1400 case?a1425 plaguec1425 diseasea1475 alteration1533 craze1534 uncome1538 impediment1542 affliction?1555 ailment1606 disaster1614 garget1615 morbus1630 ail1648 disaffect1683 disorder1690 illness1692 trouble1726 complaint1727 skookum1838 claim1898 itis1909 bug1918 wog1925 crud1932 bot1937 lurgy1947 Korean haemorrhagic fever1951 nadger1956 1956 S. 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! 1996 Scotl. on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 11 Aug. But we know we get the screaming nadgers if deprived of tobacco too long. 1998 Guardian 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 plural. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [noun] > testicle or testicles bollockeOE codOE stone1154 balla1325 cullionc1386 genitoriesa1387 pendantsa1400 bollock stone?a1425 testiclec1425 jewelc1475 dimissariesa1513 dowsetc1560 pill1608 bauble1654 Aaron's bells1681 nutmegs1690 codlings?1691 testis1704 spermarium1861 spermary1864 marblesa1866 nut1865 knackers1866 rock1918 cobbler1934 plum1934 gooly1937 nad1964 cojones1966 nadgers1967 noonies1972 1967 B. 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. 1993 Guardian (Nexis) 27 Mar. (Weekend Suppl.) 48 Hours spent..freezing my nadgers off in a series of inhospitable Burgundian cellars. 1994 T. Pratchett Interesting Times 222 If anyone starts laughing, stab 'em one... That's right! Right in the nadgers! 2000 N. Griffiths Grits (2001) 286 Runnin through Prenton in the nuddy with hatpins through me nadgers. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1956
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