dage

See also: dàgē and dǎgé

English

Etymology

Blend of day +‎ rage (“an exciting party”).

Noun

dage (plural dages)

1. (university slang, East Coast) A party held in the daytime.

   Synonyms: darty, dayger

   • 2016 March 10, Ryan Cagide, “What not to do at a Rutgers dage”, in The Tab‎^[1], archived from the original on 2020-06-24:

     So help me god, if I see someone just standing around at a dage acting like they're not having any fun at all, I will run inside, print out an application for Penn State, and force you to fill it out write in front of me. Have fun, that's what a dage is for, don't be a buzzkill.

   • 2019 February 20, Ariana Pelosci, “No, I Would Not Like To 'Snage'”, in The Odyssey Online‎^[2], archived from the original on 2023-04-08:

     Dages in general just isn't^[sic] appealing, but going out in the middle of the afternoon in the snow is what I would least like to do on my day off. If I get a day off from school, I'm going to be using it to catch up on sleep and my Netflix shows.

   • 2019 August 5, Natalia Alamdari, Brandon Holveck, “University of Delaware again ranks among the top party schools in the nation. Where did it fall?”, in The News Journal‎^[3], archived from the original on 2023-04-08:

     Throughout the school year, some UD students embraced the designation, with the No. 1 moniker becoming an often-heard rallying cry during "dages" (daytime parties) and bar crawls alike.

   • 2023 March 3, Meredith MacLean, “To BORG or not to BORG: Safe alternative or dangerous trend?”, in The Daily Targum‎^[4], →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-08:

     As someone of legal drinking age who will likely never see another Rutgers dage in her life, the BORG doesn't catch my interest very much as a consumer. But when I got multiple doctors on my feed advocating for the use of a BORG as a harm reduction tactic, it piqued my interest.

Anagrams

• egad, gade, Gade, agèd, aged

Danish

Noun

dage c

1. indefinite plural of dag

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

dage

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of dagen

Noun

dage

1. (archaic) dative singular of dag

Gothic

Romanization

dagē

1. Romanization of 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌴

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dá.ɡéː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [də́.ɟéː]

Noun

dagē m (possessed form dagen)

1. fierce wild cat

Middle Dutch

Noun

dāge

1. inflection of dach:
   1. dative singular
   2. nominative/accusative/genitive plural

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑː.ɡe/, [ˈdɑː.ɣe]

Noun

dāge

1. dative singular of dāh

Old Saxon

Noun

dage

1. dative singular of dag