jagoff
English
editEtymology
editFrom jag.
Pronunciation
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Noun
editjagoff (plural jagoffs)
- (derogatory, dialectal, Western Pennsylvania) An irritating, inept, or repugnant person.
- 1940, Joseph Shannon, "Hodge-Podge", in Spring Hill Quarterly (Spring 1940), Spring Hill College, page 20:
- 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: