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flag verb- to label or categorise someone US
- — William K. Bentley and James M. Corbett, Prison Slang, p. 32, 1992
- in the military, to make an entry on a soldier’s record which will prevent further promotion US
- Wilson was authorized to order Colonel James D. Kiersey, chief of staff at Fort Benning, to “flag” Calley’s record, an Army procedure freezing any promotion or transfer for a soldier. — Seymour M. Hersh, My Lai 4, p. 120, 1970
- to give a student in college a notification of academic deficiency US
- — American Speech, pp. 76–77, February 1968: “Some notes on flunk notes”
- to display or wear prominently (a handkerchief or other symbol of sexual taste) US, 1896
- If you wear (or “flag”) a hankie on the right, you’re a bottom; on the left, a top. — The Village Voice, 17th-23 November 2002
- to wear an article of clothing signifying gang membership US
- — American Speech, p. 391, Winter 1995: “Among the new words”
- to arrest US, 1927
- They got me up tight, and you know that ain’t right / In fact, they even flagged me wrong. — Dennis Wepman et al., The Life, p. 62, 1976
- — John R. Armore and Joseph D. Wolfe, Dictionary of Desperation, p. 29, 1976
- to fail (a test or course) US
- — Time, p. 57, 1 January 1965: “Students: the slang bag”
- to skip, as in missing a class US
- — Vann Wesson, Generation X Field Guide and Lexicon, p. 66, 1997
- to masturbate US
Seemingly a misheard “flog”. - Just as I’m writing this letter O’Neil’s probably in some back alley flagging it with a National Geographic opened up on the ground next to him. — Punk, p. 3, March 1976
- of an older homosexual, to attempt to seduce a younger man US
- — Rose Giallombardo, Society of Women, p. 207, 1966: Glossary of Prison Terms
- to wear an article of clothing signifying sexual taste US, 1896
- If you wear (or “flag”) a hankie on the right, you’re a bottom; on the left, a top. — The Village Voice, 17th-23 November 2002
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