-erssuffix

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: -er suffix⁶, -s suffix².

Etymology: < -er suffix⁶ + -s suffix².

slang (originally Rugby School and Oxford University).

Suffixed to the first part of a proper or common noun, to form a familiar or humorous nickname, as Divvers n., patters n.; = -er suffix⁶. Also forming adjectives, as preggers adj., ravers adj.

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1892 Isis 8 June 26/1 At the close of the Lancashire match we heard one man ejaculate..‘This is breath-ers’... This..is all that remains of the..expression ‘breathless excitement’.

1893 M. T. Pigott Common-room Carols 89 For they spoke of ‘funny sensaggers’, and ‘straggers’, Of the chances of ‘Jaggers’, the chances of ‘Quaggers’, Of ‘Wuggins’ and ‘baggers’, of ‘breathers’ and ‘Praggers’.

1903 Oxf. Mag. 21 Jan. 155/2 The relative merits of skating and ‘collekkers’ [i.e. ‘collections’].

1904 Daily Chron. 25 Mar. 4/7 In the afternoon he might run with the ‘Toggers’ (torpid races) or take some other form of ‘ecker’.

1923 F. Madan Oxf. outside Guide-bks. 162 Rudders for Rudiments of Divinity.

2000 Church Times 4 Feb. 10/5 And then there is the famous corpsing by the Test Match Special commentators in 1991. All you hear for 30 seconds or more is muffled giggling and the occasional, ‘Oh do stop it, Aggers!’

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	-ers
释义	-erssuffix Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: -er suffix⁶, -s suffix². Etymology: < -er suffix⁶ + -s suffix². slang (originally Rugby School and Oxford University). Suffixed to the first part of a proper or common noun, to form a familiar or humorous nickname, as Divvers n., patters n.; = -er suffix⁶. Also forming adjectives, as preggers adj., ravers adj. ΚΠ 1892 Isis 8 June 26/1 At the close of the Lancashire match we heard one man ejaculate..‘This is breath-ers’... This..is all that remains of the..expression ‘breathless excitement’. 1893 M. T. Pigott Common-room Carols 89 For they spoke of ‘funny sensaggers’, and ‘straggers’, Of the chances of ‘Jaggers’, the chances of ‘Quaggers’, Of ‘Wuggins’ and ‘baggers’, of ‘breathers’ and ‘Praggers’. 1903 Oxf. Mag. 21 Jan. 155/2 The relative merits of skating and ‘collekkers’ [i.e. ‘collections’]. 1904 Daily Chron. 25 Mar. 4/7 In the afternoon he might run with the ‘Toggers’ (torpid races) or take some other form of ‘ecker’. 1923 F. Madan Oxf. outside Guide-bks. 162 Rudders for Rudiments of Divinity. 2000 Church Times 4 Feb. 10/5 And then there is the famous corpsing by the Test Match Special commentators in 1991. All you hear for 30 seconds or more is muffled giggling and the occasional, ‘Oh do stop it, Aggers!’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < suffix1892
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