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sagger

sagger

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A person who wears pants low on the hips so they hang below the waist
  • noun
  • /ˈsæɡər/
  • Offensive
: [INSULTO] persona que lleva los pantalones caídos
  • The principal warned the sagger that he needed to pull up his pants at school.

Examples

  • That sagger is always showing his underwear.

  • Some people see being a sagger as a form of self-expression, while others disapprove.

  • The new dress code was introduced to discourage students from becoming a sagger.

  • I've never understood why some saggers choose to dress that way.

  • At the party, everyone noticed him as a notorious sagger with his pants hanging well below his waist.

  • She rolled her eyes at the group of saggers who strutted by with their trousers sagging low.

  • As a sagger, he preferred to wear his jeans slung low on his hips, which many found inappropriate.

Surface Forms

sagger singular
saggers plural

Morphology

sagger = sag (transparent) = sag + er

The meaning is directly compositional: a person who sags (wears clothing hanging low).

Etymology

Sagger comes from the verb sag, meaning 'to hang down', plus the usual '-er' for a person, so a sagger is someone whose trousers hang down below the waist.