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sprog

sprog

1 9.9
A child or young person called in a casual way
  • noun
  • /sprɒg/
  • Slang
translation icon : niño
  • My neighbor has two sprogs who love to ride their bikes in the street.

Examples

  • The park was full of happy sprogs playing and laughing on the swings.

  • It's no surprise that women who don't pop out a sprog are actively reviled in this country that worships our special little snowflakes.

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  • Thanks for your lovely comment - glad you enjoyed the Shoshi-as-a-sprog photos!

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  • - Sprog?

    Mad Max (1979)

  • I'm 35ish, married with 3 sprogs of doom, and have 2 jobs, lucky me :)

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  • She is perfectly capable of feeding her kids with coupon-cutting and a normal job (especially since her poor retired father had to go back to work to support all the sprogs), but she chooses not to.

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  • During the summer, I often take my sprog to the beach to build sandcastles.

Synonyms

kiddie
vssprog
  • Informal
87 7.7

A young child

applies more widely to children and older young people
squirt
vssprog
  • Offensive
33 7.7

A small person, often a child, seen as unimportant

is a casual British word for a child without insult

Compounds

bright sprog
  • Slang
9.8

A clever child who learns quickly and thinks fast

How Young

infant
411 1.0
toddler
171 1.0
sprog
  • Slang
1 9.9
child
∞ 1.0
teenager
885 1.0

Surface Forms

sprog singular
sprogs plural

Etymology

Sprog is British slang for a child and probably comes from words for a young plant, like sprout ('small shoot') or sprig. A helpful way to remember it is to picture a child as a little 'sprout' growing, so sprog means a young person.