Please settle an argument. Is it hanged or hung?

[rug]

[Midlodemocrat]

1. Hanged. Unless you're talking about a guy.

:hide:

[DawgHouse]

16. I spewed coffee, thanks to you!

:spray:

[ghostsofgiants]

2. Depends on the context, I think.

Saddam was hanged. John Holmes was hung.

[rug]

5. Well then, is Dick Cheney hung or should he be hanged?

[ghostsofgiants]

9. I don't even want to think about the first option.

*shudder*

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear rug........

I believe either one works....

More common though, is.......hanged.

I think...

And also, it occurs to me, it does depend on usage.......

You would say..."I hung up my coat."

:shrug:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

4. Saddam was hanged. Now, he may have also been hung, but that's different.

[JackBeck]

11. Did you hear about Jesus?

(extends both arms as far as they go, as if hanging off a cross)

I hear he was hung like this.

Old bartending joke.

[billyskank]

6. Saddam was definitely hanged

whereas I do not know whether he was hung or not. ;)

[Deja Q]

7. This thread is useless without pics, don'cha'know...

:rofl:

It's "hung" BTW... :D

[Maestro]

8. The rule is:

in reference to an execution, hanged. The past tense of the verb, to hang, is hung in all other circumstances.

[rug]

10. In the case of execution by castration, is it "dehung"?

[Maestro]

14. Uh, yeah.

:rofl:

[Generic Brad]

12. Definitely Hung

William Hanged would make no sense.

[Maine-ah]

13. .

1. pt. and pp. of hang.
–adjective 2. Slang: Vulgar. (of a male) having very large genitals.
—Idioms3. hung over, Informal. suffering the effects of a hangover: On New Year's Day the houseguests were all hung over. Also, hungover.
4. hung up, Informal. a. detained unavoidably.
b. stymied or baffled by a problem.
c. Baseball, Softball. (of a base runner) trapped between bases and in danger of being tagged out.

5. hung up on, Slang. a. obsessed by: a clerk hung up on petty details.
b. infatuated with.


—Usage note See hang.
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hung

[NMDemDist2]

15. I hung my laundry out to dry while Saddam was hanged.

While my landry hangs, I'll go play with my husband who is really h____.


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