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sug en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From the initial letters of selling under the guise of research, especially in the market industry.

Meanings

  1. (informal) To market a product or service by means of purported market research.

Forms

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sugged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sugged Tense=Past lexicographic
sugging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sugs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “sug” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

sug en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Shortening.

Meanings

  1. (informal, no-plural) sugar; sweetheart (as a term of endearment)
    • She called everybody sug, as in sugar, as in, 'Listen, sug, could you get me another Manhattan?' 2013, James Oseland, Giles Coren, Tamasin Day-Lewis, A Fork In The Road: Tales of Food, Pleasure and Discovery On The Road:
    • “Hey, sug, let's go into the family room so we don't wake up your daddy, OK?” 2011, Yvette Wright, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Side of Black Women, page 124: