trog
- noun
- /trɔg/
- Offensive
- Trogs everywhere.
- trog receptionist
- Take the trog
Examples
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Persuade Kassim to bring the trog over here.
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I can't afford to lose another trog to the fever.
Fiction book (1999) -
English children used to be told to watch out or the trolls and the trogs would get them.
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Tell Drudge the trogs are coming.
Blog text (21) -
You can argue their relative sameness on economic issues—lord knows I've been doing that—but on identity issues it's trogs and eloi without much doubt.
Blog text (17) -
Everyone thinks he's a trog because he never understands social cues.
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She called him a trog for his lack of manners during the dinner party.
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At the meeting, his trog behavior embarrassed the entire team.
Synonyms
A person who lives in a cave or who lives apart from others and is old-fashioned
A person who behaves awkwardly and seems slow to understand
A person who acts silly and annoys others
A person who is very stupid or foolish
A foolish or awkward person
A rude person who annoys or hurts other people
How Uncultured
- Offensive
- Offensive
- Offensive
- Offensive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Trog is a slang short form of troglodyte, which means 'cave-dweller'. So a trog is like a 'cave person'—someone rough, messy, or not very civilized, and that is why the word means a person who is primitive or rude.