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means To sink, droop, or curve downward gradually under weight, pressure, or lost tautness.
from From Middle English 'saggen,' probably borrowed from a Scandinavian source — compare Swedish 'sacka,' meaning to sink or settle down. It's an old sailor's and farmer's word at heart, used for drooping ropes, bending beams, and tired rooftops long before it described economies, spirits, or jawlines.
- origin
- old english seegan, meaning to sink slowly
- physics
- even steel beams sag under their own weight
- pants term
- became slang via 1990s prison belt restrictions
- mattress tell
- over 1 inch of sag means replace it