jagoff en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From jag.
Meanings
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(Pennsylvania, Western, derogatory, dialectal, qualifier:Chicago) An irritating, inept, or repugnant person.
“Listen, jaggoff, I've got a whole treasure trove of Philly magazines, okay? One of 'em's got a picture of Darren Daulton in a tux eating a hotdog.” “That one where he got the mustard on his face?” “Yeah, that's the one.” “Oh, that would move here for sure.”
2014 March 4, Nick Kroll, “Mercury Poisoning” (5:10 from the start), in Kroll Show, season 2, episode 8, spoken by Don (Jon Daly):You don't look like a Mullen. In fact, you look like a Chekov, or a jag-off.
1940, Joseph Shannon, "Hodge-Podge", in Spring Hill Quarterly (Spring 1940), Spring Hill College, page 20
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| jagoffs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |