GG

See also: gg, Gg, and .gg

Translingual

Symbol

GG

  1. The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Guernsey.
  2. The symbol for the gigagauss, a unit of magnetic field strength in the cgs system of units.

English

Alternative forms

  • G.G., G. G., G.-G., G-G (depending on the sense)

Pronunciation

  • (US/UK) IPA(key): /dʒiː dʒiː/

Noun

GG (plural GGs)

  1. (politics, informal) Governor general or governor-general.
  2. (LGBT slang) Initialism of genetic girl.
  3. (LGBT slang) Initialism of genuine girl.
  4. (linguistics) Initialism of generative grammar.

Interjection

GG

  1. (online gaming, slang) Good game; commonly used at the end of a gaming match; also sometimes used to end an argument.
  2. (slang) Good going; may be used genuinely or sarcastically.

Adjective

GG (not comparable)

  1. (Singapore, informal, colloquial) Likely to have an undesirable outcome, which one cannot change or escape from.
    • 2007 March 7, Thomas Kwok, Camping Grounds 2.0, What a week, accessed on 2015-10-22:
      Physics test today was out of the world…Honestly I think I’m going to fail big time…I didn’t know I had to study statics! What’s the point in testing LAST year’s work? Like wtf lawl…So i think I flung that section…GG liao lor…
    • 2010 November 18, QQfufa, Hardware Zone Singapore, Liverpool GG liao la, accessed on 2015-10-22:
      Liverpool GG liao la. Steven Jialat hamstring problem. Dirk Kuyt ankle problem. take west ham win this saturday.
    • 2013 December 23, BBdotcom Enterprise, Facebook, , accessed on 2015-10-22:
      GG liao.. I can't get in to my account liao ... Keep say someone inside...
    • 2015 October 20, Kitaro9202, Hardware Zone Singapore, GG liao moi go Malaysia forgot off my data roaming, accessed on 2015-10-22:
      Gg liao moi go Malaysia forgot to off my data roaming Den i check singtel app saying 1mb data roaming = $25.

Usage notes

Most commonly used with other Singlish particles, particularly liao.

Synonyms

Proper noun

GG

  1. (Internet) Gamergate

Chinese

Pronunciation


Noun

GG

  1. (Internet slang) Alternative form of 哥哥 (gēge).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English GG (good game).

Pronunciation


Verb

GG

  1. (Internet slang) to be done for; to be doomed (especially in a game)

Pronunciation


Proper noun

GG

  1. (Internet slang) Short for Google.

Pronunciation


Noun

GG

  1. (Internet slang) Alternative form of 雞雞鸡鸡 (jījī).

French

Alternative forms

  • G.G., G. G., G.-G., G-G

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

GG m (plural GG)

  1. (politics) Abbreviation of gouverneur-générale (governor-general).

Noun

GG f (plural GG)

  1. (politics) Abbreviation of gouverneure-générale (female governor-general).

German

Noun

GG

  1. (German VDP wine classification) Initialism of Großes Gewächs.
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