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as in "SANTA has been forced to wear a hard hat to protect him from mince-pie-hurling neds. "Daily Record storyI don't recall our discussing this term before. I assume a "ned" is a juvenile...

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Just possibly a Scottish variant of "teddy-boy"? (I've only ever heard it used by and of Scots, as in this instance.)

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I asked a pal of mine this. I asked him because he lives in Aberdeen, not because he is a ned, I hasten to add. He reckoned it is a contraction of "ne'er do well"I don't know if that's right, but it's...

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Dunno how true or not the etymology, but the Dictionary ofo Scottish Slang certainly puts a bit of 'oomph' in the description of what it means:Non-Educated Delinquent (acronym - so now yese...

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Fie on the Scottish Slang Dictionary! They're all wet."Ned" has been around since at least 1910--which would put it on the ragged edge of acronymic word origins, possible but highly unlikely. The...

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Quote:sometimes ass-neger, other names for jackass--the living emblem of patience and long suffering. What is "neger" here, something to do with black? I get "ned" as an "ass" but what does black have...

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"Neger" was another variant of negro/nigger, so I'm afraid that's the most likely explanation. It occurred to me that "ass-neger" might be a portmanteau of "ass" and "onager" but it doesn't seem very...

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SND gives this definition of "ned"://A lout, a drunken brawling fellow, a tough//SND gives this etymology://[Pet-form of Edward, with semantic development associated with colloq. Eng. teddy-boy, and...

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FWIW, in a television interview I saw many years ago, when Conan the Barbarian was first released, Arnold said it was Schwartzen - egger and meant black plowman.

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Interesting that Ned (Non-Educated Delinquent) is a slang synonym for Chav (Council Housed And Violent). Ned~Chav~Yob~Pikey?

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It goes without saying, I suppose, that the acronyms for "ned" and "chav" are both -- like most etymythological acronyms -- transparent BS. Who makes these things up, anyway?

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Etymythological - An untrue but popular explanation of how a word developed. I hadn't heard this word before. It's a nice addition.I came across the blurb below (or below blurb) to show that words...

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Quote: ""ass-neger" might be a portmanteau of "ass" and "onager" but it doesn't seem very probable."It doesn't, doc. How many people know what an onager is --- let alone that it's much of a muchness...

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Onager I know (the portmanteau idea popped into my head too). Dziggetai is a revelation however. There's always room for one more wild ass in my head!

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Onager ~ an anagram for the color orange ~ orange, the color of an orang-utan...Malaysian ~ Malaysian indigenous people: Orang Asli ~ Asli ~ Assly ~ Onager. Somewhere in there is a...

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