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frogger en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From frog + -er.

Meanings

1. The pronged plater used in frogging (transferring cells to another plate).
2. (colloquial) A person interested in frogs; a herpetologist who specialises in frogs; a frog enthusiast.

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frogger en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Frogger, a 1981 arcade game developed by Konami, in which the player directs frogs across a busy road and other hazards.

Meanings

1. (slang) To dodge traffic while navigating across a busy road.
   • Gabrielle and I froggered it across the bustling avenue toward our group. 2005, J. Brooks Dann, Anecdotal, →ISBN, page 30:
   • He hit the accelerator and froggered into the fast lane, inciting a symphony of angry honking. 2014, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Truth Be Told: A Jane Ryland Novel, →ISBN, page 268:
   • Out I plunge ...into the Ready Salted afternoon, froggering between the traffic to the promenade. 2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, page 265:

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wikipedia: Frogger

frogger en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From frogg + -er.

Meanings

1. (Internet) A person who engages in froggery.
   • BTW, don't try to frogg me any more and stop using my .sig, OK? ¶ [Damn froggers, can't do anything right...] 1997 June 18, Janice in NYC, quoting Thomas Gyoeroeg, “Re: I've Fallen, And I Can't Get Up”, in rec.motorcycles (Usenet):
   • Some will allow exactly what Alternative Maxwell is doing ( like altopia) others will only allow froggery if it's obvious, i.e. the frogger can use the name maxwell but if the associated addie was Max...@i.am.a.dumb.fjuk.com, you couldn't use, for instance, Max...@i.am.a.dumb.fjuk.con or something else so similar it isn't immediatly^([sic]) obvious to a casual glance. 2008 May 24, Bertie the Bunyip, “Re: Another forged post”, in news.groups (Usenet):

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