Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(mainly US campus) a sfx forming an abstract n., e.g. rainage, a situation in which it is raining; babage, attractive young women.

1816		Sporting Mag. 48 234: The poundage was here offered, but no takers.
1825		Pierce Egan’s Life in London 2 Jan. 389/2: [O]n his being placed on the knee of his second, he seemed quite abroad. The poundage [i.e. bets] was offered that he did not come again .
1949		Monteleone Criminal Sl. (rev. edn) 61: cribbage A theft; a stolen article.
1969		Current Sl. IV:3–4 (1970) 14: Burbage, intrj. Darn it!
1981		Eble Campus Sl. Mar. 1: -age – used for emphasis [...] ‘I’ve got massive studyage to do this week.’.
1985		Totally True Diaries of an Eighties Roller Queen 🌐 10 May Jackie and I skipped third and went out and looked for some dubage. We found some guys smoking some in Lackies bush. They gave us 7 spliffs for $5.
1989		Eble Campus Sl. Mar. 7: scoopage – potential date material.
1993		M. Myers et al. Wayne’s World II [film script] garth: I think I’m going to blow chunks. [We watch him struggle as the chunkage apparently rises].
1996		Eble Campus Sl. Sept. 6: tunage – music.
1999		M. Adams ‘Slayer Sl.’ (part 2) in Verbatim Autumn n.p.: The suffix -age is used often in the history of English to indicate notions of collection (sewerage, baggage), relationship (parentage), the result of an action, usually formed from the relevant verb (wreckage), payment (linage), or residence (vicarage, parsonage), among others [...] jocular student use has guaranteed -age’s legacy to slang in items like studyage, rainage, bookage, snowage, foodage, neckage ‘necking,’ babage, and fundage.
2000		N.Y. Times 27 June n.p.: There are multiple terms for success (including ‘winnage,’ ‘winnitude,’ having an ‘Elvis year,’ being ‘golden’ or ‘on velvet’) and an equally large number of terms for failure (‘lossage,’ ‘lossity,’ ‘Big Lose’) and stupidity.
2002		D.H. Sterry Chicken (2003) 123: I position myself where I can get maximum rubbage.
2002		Observer Mag. 20 Oct. 101/4: Along came Bridget Jones [...] complaining about male ‘fuckwittage.’.
2004		J. Ellroy ‘Jungletown Jihad’ in Destination: Morgue! (2004) 355: Your latest shootout sure says shrinkage to me.
2005		evilsciencechick.com 26 June 🌐 How boobagely gifted women try on a bra. [...] inspect yourself. check for frontal quadraboobage, as well as backfat boobage.
2007		C. Goffard Snitch Jacket 175: Let us get some snackage.
2020		G. Armstrong Young Team 120: Ben Kenzie donated an eld 1200 watt green Fusion sub [...] tae the cause ae tunage.
2020		G. Krauze What They Was 174: Every now and again I holla for the linkage [...] I message Mystery u wanna link up?
2020		C. Hiaasen Squeeze Me 272: ‘Prepare for a plague of pythons [...] Major fuckage’.
2021		P Howard Braywatch 271: ‘Enjoy your weekend. Take it easy on beerage’.
2024		J. Meades Empty Wigs (t/s) 105: ‘Oh botherage!’ she cries.