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Sig

//sɪɡ// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from German Siegfried
Noun
  1. 1
    A signature, especially one on emails or newsgroup postings. Internet, informal

    "Your sig should ideally be four or five lines long, six or seven at the maximum. Since it will be repeated on hundreds of messages, a long signature wastes bandwidth and is therefore rude."

  2. 2
    Sigma (in the names of Greek-letter organizations).

    "Sig Chi; Kappa Sig; Sig Nu"

  3. 3
    Urine. UK, dated, dialectal, uncountable
  4. 4
    Initialism of special interest group. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 5
    Short for sigma in phrases like "what the sigma" abbreviation, alt-of, humorous, slang

    "What the sig is this?"

Verb
  1. 1
    To good-naturedly make fun of someone; to signify. intransitive, slang

    "And it is a matter of pride. No Black person wants to be "sigged" about or capped all over."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of signature.

Etymology 2

Clipping of signify (“to boast, brag, insult”).

Etymology 3

Clipping of sigma.

Etymology 4

From Middle English sige. Cognate with Middle Dutch seic, seike, Middle Low German seyche. Related also to sink (“to fall”).

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