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Meaning of TNG | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Abbreviation of training.
    abbreviation, alt-of
  2. Abbreviation of trinitroglycerin.
  3. Initialism of Territory of New Guinea.
  4. Initialism of TransNew Guinea.
  5. A social club for younger BDSM practitioners, typically for those under the age of approximately 35 years.
  6. Initialism of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
  7. Initialism of Transitional National Government of Somalia.
  8. Abbreviation of Touch 'n Go (“an electronic payment system from Malaysia”).

Equivalents

Français TNG

Examples

“Many cities including Madison (Wisconsin), San Francisco, Boston, Vancouver, Columbus (Ohio), Albuquerque, Glendale (Arizona), Tucson, and Austin (TX) also have a TNG.”
“TNG was the brainchild of some young adult kinksters entering the BDSM scene in New York and the first one formed there in 1999. Since then TNGs have sprung up nationwide in many major cities.”
“TESTNG was one of the first two TNGs to ever exist, which was a sort of, TES is an extremely hierarchical organization and there are all these little sub-organizations within it, so there’s all these branches, you know, and there’s one specifically for women tops or femme tops who have submissive bottoms, there’s one specifically for people who are into master and slave relationships.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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