Meaning & use
Neg
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An informal, shortened term for a photographic negative.
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The old photographer still kept boxes of negs from decades of film shoots.
She scanned the negs directly instead of having prints made.
A note on using this word
In pickup-artist and dating slang, 'to neg' someone also means to give a backhanded compliment intended to lower their confidence, an unrelated but increasingly common usage.
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2. verb
To make a subtly negative or backhanded remark to someone, especially to undermine their confidence.
He tried to neg her by joking about her outfit, but she just laughed it off.
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