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nang.

A metal bulb filled with nitrous oxide gas, inhaled for its disassociative effects, normally intended as a propellant for whipped cream.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/næŋ/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. A metal bulb filled with nitrous oxide gas, inhaled for its disassociative effects, normally intended as a propellant for whipped cream.

    Australia · New-Zealand · slang
adj/næŋ/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. excellent; awesome; masterful; deeply satisfying.

    Multicultural-London-English · UK · slang
    That was well nang!
Where this word comes from

Multicultural London English, from Jamaican English, from Jamaican Creole nyanga, potentially from West African languages, such as Mende (Sierra Leone) nyanga (“ostentation; showing off”) or Hausa yanga (“boastfulness”).

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