ag

plural ags

1. abbreviationclippingin compoundsClipping of agriculture.

   My class is over on ag campus.

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   He got his degree from the state ag college.

   Even the most ag-centric member of the Agriculture Committee […]

   2014, Ferd Hoefner, quoted in Jennifer Steinhauer, “Farm Bill Reflects Shifting American Menu and a Senator’s Persistent Tilling”, NYTimes.com (2014 March 8)

   […] fruits and vegetables, oddly referred to in ag-speak as specialty crops, […]

   2014 March 8, Jennifer Steinhauer, “Farm Bill Reflects Shifting American Menu and a Senator’s Persistent Tilling”, NYTimes.com

plural ags

1. abbreviationclippingcountableuncountablebusinessClipping of aggregate (“small rocks mixed into concrete”).

   If the mix is too fluid, the ags can sink away from the surface.

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   The mix should include a good selection of large, medium, and small ag.

1. South AfricaExpressing annoyance, remorse, surprise, etc.: oh, ah.

   ‘Ag, fuck it,’ he said. ‘Let bygones be bygones, man.’

   1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 88

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   Ag pleez Deddy won't you take us to the wrestling / We wanna see an ou called Sky High Lee

   1962, Jeremy Taylor, “Ag Pleez Deddy”

   Finally, after placing four books on the desk, he turned to a sheepish Kathy and said, ‘Ag, there's nothing wrong with these desks,’ and walked out.

   1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 491

   "Ag, skattie, those are just bloody drug dealers driving around in stolen cars […]"

   2000, Pace, page 128

plural ags

1. Alternative letter-case form of AG (“aggressive (butch)”).

   I don't know what I'd do without them (smiles) Sometimes, I wonder why studs/ag's/butches/transguys be grilling one another in the club. I mean, in my mind, I'm like Why would you hate someone who look like you, act like you,[…]

   2016 June 10, Roberta Uno, Monologues for Actors of Color: Men, Routledge, →ISBN, page 85

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   new forms of female masculinity are exploding, ranging from butches, dykes, and studs to transmen, FTMs, ags, genderqueers, individuals masculine-of-center, and many more. Transgender men and masculine women can make their own movies[…]

   2016 February 26, Laura Horak, Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908-1934, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 224

   The context around stud enables us to understand its meaning among the W4W advertisers: Seeking lesbian stud, butch, ag, or tomboish women ONLY I'm a single stud (on the soft side) slim body type, tattoos, cute face, and great smile[…]

   2017 July 31, Eric Friginal, Studies in Corpus-Based Sociolinguistics, Routledge, →ISBN

1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of American Girl.

   When it comes down to everything, I really think AG does not represent the Black community, and they do not represent the queer community.

   2020 December 3, Amelia Merrill, quoting Dizzi Ford, “The Renegade DIYers Demanding Dolls as Diverse as They Are”, in Narratively, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2023

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   Triggered by the AG collection of dolls, books, and accessories, this cultural phenomenon is changing the way girls conceptualize America and themselves

   2002, Carolina Acosta-Alzuru, Peggy J. Kreshel, ““I’m an American Girl . . . Whatever That Means”: Girls Consuming Pleasant Company’s American Girl Identity”, in Journal of Communication, volume 52, number 1, International Communication Association, →DOI, →ISSN, page 140

   There are more than eighty thousand different kinds of American Girl Doll videos on YouTube. A smattering are just AG enthusiasts showing off their collections.

   2012 December 23, Dodai Stewart, “The Weird and Amazing World of American Girl Doll Music Videos”, in Jezebel, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2013

2. NamibiaabbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of Administrator-General, the governor of Namibia under South African occupation.

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1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Attorney General.

   Despite James’ cool display, she is feeling the heat from the Trump Department of Justice, which opened a criminal investigation into the AG after receiving a complaint from the Federal Housing Finance Agency last month.

   2025 May 8, Hannah Fierick and Shane Galvin, “AG Letitia James heckled over mortgage fraud case at town hall: ‘Apologize to Donald Trump’”, in New York Post

2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Auditor General.
3. abbreviationuncountableaeronauticsAbbreviation of agricultural aviation.
4. UScountableuncountableBlack lesbian slangAn aggressive (a butch woman, especially a Black butch woman); an aggressive girl.

   The opening club scene, in which AGs (aggressives/butches) flirt with femme performers is a compelling rush: you are right there.

   2015 October 22, So Mayer, Political Animals: The New Feminist Cinema, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 141

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   Cross-dressers in full bloom sang and danced beside Doms and AGs, butches and femmes joined arms with gay men and lesbians - all of them their own rainbow of Black, white, Latino, Asian.

   2004, Penny Mickelbury, Darkness Descending, Kings Crossing Publishing, →ISBN, page 130

   But I still cannot pretend that transgender in general does not continue to fail me when it does not fulfill its promise of butch inclusion. It fails all butches, AGs/aggressives, and studs who find themselves facing the same issues of[…]

   2010 January 8, Matt Bernstein Sycamore, Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity, Seal Press, →ISBN

   Our group had the attention of every stud, AG (aggressive girl), femme, and butch in the place. A stud sporting a Mohawk and lip ring approached us. Her eyes were as black as her skin.

   2019, Ben Burgess Jr., Wounded

   Acknowledgements I want to first thank all of the butches, bois, studs, AGs, bulldaggers, punks and trans mens who have been part of my world for the last twenty-something years. Thank you for our collective vulnerability and always[…]

   2019 March 12, Ana-Maurine Lara, Sum of Parts, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 85

plural Ags · alternative Ag.

1. abbreviationcountableuncountableAbbreviation of August.
2. abbreviationclippingcountableuncountableClipping of agriculture.
3. countablesymboluncountableimmunologySymbol for antigen.

   Ag receptor

   Antonyms: Ab, antibody, Ig, immunoglobulin

4. MyanmarabbreviationcountableuncountableAbbreviation of Aung.