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[-] spudwart@spudwart.com 5 points 1 year ago

Okay, this is obnoxious and all.

But what the hell is 'narcing'?

[-] mob@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 year ago

Old term. Think it was short for "narcotics agent", used to call someone a snitch basically

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think it's somehow related to the prohibition era. Perhaps alcohol was under the jurisdiction of narcotics?

It's odd that above doesn't know it, I thought its definition was well known and would have had no qualms about using it, I wonder if it's a regional word now?

[-] DannyMac@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Present participle of 'narc.'

[-] DrinkMonkey@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I’d categorize it as a gerund in this context.

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