scag

English

Unknown.^[1]^[2] Compare scat (“heroin; whiskey”), slag (“waste; a prostitute”), skank (“a disreputable woman”).

scag (countable and uncountable, plural scags)

(slang, uncountable) Heroin.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:heroin
- 1973, “Sport”, in Hustler's Convention, performed by Lightnin' Rod:
  And I was snorting scag while other kids played tag
- 1975, David Allan Coe (lyrics and music), “Cocaine Carolina”, performed by Johnny Cash:
  So goodbye Cocaine Carolina, you and I are through / I'm going back to Sandy Scag, she knows just what to do
- 1996, Mark Ravenhill, Shopping and Fucking, Scene One:
  Mark: No. I'm off the scag. Ten days without the scag. And I'm going away.
(slang, countable, derogatory, originally African-American Vernacular) A woman of loose morals.
(slang, countable, dated, US) A cigarette.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cigarette
- 1915, “The Doomsday Butt”, in The Cornhusker, page 458:
  “Then have a skag,” said I. / “’Twill make it seem like happier times, / You liked this brand, I understand.”
- 1996, Paul Bunker, Keith Barlow, Bunker's War: The World War II Diary of Paul D. Bunker, page 134:
  Awoke when our florescent lights came on and went outside to smoke a few scags before breakfast.

scag (third-person singular simple present scags, present participle scagging, simple past and past participle scagged)

(computing) To destroy the data on a disk, either by corrupting the file system or by causing media damage.
That last power hit scagged the system disk.

^ “scag, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
^ “scag”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

From Old Norse [Term?].

scag (present analytic scagann, future analytic scagfaidh, verbal noun scagadh, past participle scagtha)

conjugation of scag (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	scagaim	scagann tú; scagair^†	scagann sé, sí	scagaimid	scagann sibh	scagann siad; scagaid^†	a scagann; a scagas	scagtar
	past	scag mé; scagas	scag tú; scagais	scag sé, sí	scagamar; scag muid	scag sibh; scagabhair	scag siad; scagadar	a scag / ar scag*	scagadh
	past habitual	scagainn	scagtá	scagadh sé, sí	scagaimis; scagadh muid	scagadh sibh	scagaidís; scagadh siad	a scagadh / a scagadh*	scagtaí
future		scagfaidh mé; scagfad	scagfaidh tú; scagfair^†	scagfaidh sé, sí	scagfaimid; scagfaidh muid	scagfaidh sibh	scagfaidh siad; scagfaid^†	a scagfaidh; a scagfas	scagfar
conditional		scagfainn	scagfá	scagfadh sé, sí	scagfaimis; scagfadh muid	scagfadh sibh	scagfaidís; scagfadh siad	a scagfadh / a scagfadh*	scagfaí
subjunctive	present	go scaga mé; go scagad^†	go scaga tú; go scagair^†	go scaga sé, sí	go scagaimid; go scaga muid	go scaga sibh	go scaga siad; go scagaid^†	—	go scagtar
subjunctive	past	dá scagainn	dá scagtá	dá scagadh sé, sí	dá scagaimis; dá scagadh muid	dá scagadh sibh	dá scagaidís; dá scagadh siad	—	dá scagtaí
imperative		scagaim	scag	scagadh sé, sí	scagaimis	scagaigí; scagaidh^†	scagaidís	—	scagtar
verbal noun		scagadh
past participle		scagtha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form