ug meaning (obsolete): definition, etymology and quotations

ug

noun

/ʌɡ/

Etymology From Middle English ugge, from Old Norse uggr (“fear, apprehension, dread”), related to Old Norse ógn (“terror, threat, dispute”) and agi (“terror, strife, fear, punishment”). More at awe.

Northern England, Scotland, Obsolete A feeling of fear, horror or disgust.

He took an ug at's meht.

Northern England, Scotland, Obsolete An object of disgust.

What an ug ye've myed yorsel.

Northern England, Scotland, Obsolete Vomited matter.

Northumbria A surfeit.

Synonyms: dread, fright, distaste, loathsomeness, revulsion, abomination, chunder, sick, glut, surplus
Derived terms: ugfou, uggin, ugsome, ugsomely, ugsomeness
Related terms: ugly

ug

verb

Etymology From Middle English uggen, from Old Norse ugga (“to fear”), see above.

Northern England, Scotland, Obsolete To dread, loathe or disgust.

Wha weds a cankert thriftless wife, / Weds to his days eternal strife, / For, like the Tron-Kirk bell, / She ever hammers on his lugs, / Till her an' hame at last he uggs / As the dire door o' hell!1822, Robert Wilson, “Answer to an Epistle from a Friend”, in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, page 71:

Northern England, Scotland, Obsolete To fear, be horrified; shudder with horror.

Northern England, Scotland, Obsolete To vomit.

Northumbria, Obsolete To give a surfeit to.

Synonyms: abhor, loathe, sicken, heave, pray to the porcelain god, throw up

ug

adj

Etymology Initialism of underground.

Internet Belonging to or characteristic of the underground subliminal community.

ug

noun

Etymology From Icelandic uggi (“fin”).

Caithness, Scotland The pectoral fin of a fish.

Synonyms: pectoral

ug

noun

Etymology Initialism of underground.

Internet, Often Underground; specifically referring to the UGSC (Underground Subliminal Community) or content that is intentionally harmful, lethal, or intended to bypass platform filters.

That creator is strictly ug; they have "respawn" affirmations in all their tracks.

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