You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for March 10.

Today’s word is nag, spelled n-a-g.

nag /næɡ/ noun old-fashioned

a horse, especially one th at is old or in bad condition

Here’s the word used in a sentence:

The town is full of horses no one wants - some of them perfectly healthy, but many of them starving, broken-down nags.

For the next race he suggested a nag called My Delight.

Nag can also mean, “a person who keeps complaining or asking someone to do something, in an annoying way.”

Don’t be such a nag!

nag verb (nagged, nagging) [intransitive, transitive]

to keep asking someone to do something, or to keep complaining to someone about their behavior, in an annoying way → pester

I wish you’d stop nagging!

Nadia’s been nagging me to fix the lamp.

She keeps nagging me about my weight.

My mom’s always nagging me to get my hair cut.

With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.

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