nargery

English

Etymology

From the uncommon slang word narg (“nerd”), from NARG (“not a real gentleman”), said to have originated at Cambridge.

Pronunciation

• (rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑɹɡəɹi/, /ˈnɑɹdʒəɹi/
• (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /nɑːɡəɹi/, /ˈnɑːdʒəɹi/

Noun

nargery (uncountable)

1. Technical discussion, shop talk.
   • 1997 June 13, Mark Baker, “POLICE AND EMAIL SECURITY”, in demon.service (Usenet):

     Anyway, most email I send, and I suspect most email most people send, is not particularly interesting, consisting mostly of unix nargery, photocopier humour and the occasional attempt to organise social events.

   • 1998 January 21, Paul Wright, “Christ Returning”, in uk.religion.christian (Usenet):

     It has become TGGD[i] with a side order of nargery about cyperpunk books and virtual reality (occasioned by the comment that "Paradigm Shift" sounds vaguely Gibson-esque or something).

   • 1999 October 28, "Rant on Hardcore fandom" / "Now Sailor Moon, was Hardcore fandom/", in uk.media.animation.anime, Usenet, "Wednesday" (username):

     By the point I got involved there, it had become an issue of technical nargery rather than attack, and do you really expect an obsessive htmlgeek to pass that up? :)

   • 2000 January 24, Peter Maydell, “HTML nargery (was: Re: NTL cable modem roll out)”, in cam.misc (Usenet):
   • 2004 April 23, Simon Cozens, “A12: Typed undef”, in perl.perl6.language (Usenet):

     It would make some of the current p6i nargery a bit simpler, too.