hung

hung
hung (adj.) past tense of hang; meaning "having impressive male genitals" is from 1640s; of a jury, "unable to agree," 1838, Amer.Eng. Hung-over (also hungover) in the drinking sense is from 1950 (see HANGOVER (Cf. hangover)); hung-up "obsessed" is from 1961.

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