Tng

adj, name, noun, slang

adj, name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of trinitroglycerin. abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
  2. 2
    A social club for younger BDSM practitioners, typically for those under the age of approximately 35 years.

    "Many cities including Madison (Wisconsin), San Francisco, Boston, Vancouver, Columbus (Ohio), Albuquerque, Glendale (Arizona), Tucson, and Austin (TX) also have a TNG."

  3. 3
    Abbreviation of Touch 'n Go (“an electronic payment system from Malaysia”). Malaysia, abbreviation, alt-of, informal, uncountable
  4. 4
    Abbreviation of training. abbreviation, alt-of
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to younger BDSM practitioners, typically under the age of approximately 35 years, especially as a collective.

    "For example, some communities set up TNG (The Next Generation) groups to address the issue of young people coming into communities and being overwhelmed by attention from much older, and more experienced, dominants (a dynamic which is exacerbated by many older submissives having left the community following non-consensual experiences, MacAulay Millar, 2012)."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Territory of New Guinea. abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of Trans–New Guinea. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    Initialism of Star Trek: The Next Generation. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Initialism of Transitional National Government of Somalia. abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism

Example

More examples

"For example, some communities set up TNG (The Next Generation) groups to address the issue of young people coming into communities and being overwhelmed by attention from much older, and more experienced, dominants (a dynamic which is exacerbated by many older submissives having left the community following non-consensual experiences, MacAulay Millar, 2012)."

Etymology

Initialism of the next generation.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.