TG

See also: tg, Tg, .tg, and T&G

Translingual

Symbol

TG

  1. The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Togo

Noun

TG

  1. thyroglobulin

English

Noun

TG (plural TGs)

  1. temporary gentleman
    • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘A Friend's Friend’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society 2005, page 176:
      you can get rid of a man you don't like by writing a letter of introduction and putting him, with it, into the train. TG’s are best treated thus.
  2. transformational grammar
  3. transgender person
    • 1997, Nancy Goldstein, ‎Jennifer L Manlowe, The Gender Politics of HIV/AIDS in Women
      Often, TGs are forced to revert to their original gender in order to obtain services.

Adjective

TG

  1. transgender
  2. (linguistics) transformative-generative

Interjection

TG

  1. thank God

Anagrams

Chinese

Etymology

Possible sources:

  • Initialism of 土共 (tǔgòng).
  • From the emblem of the Communist Party of China. The Latin letters T and G resemble the hammer and the sickle, respectively.

Proper noun

TG

  1. (Internet slang) Communist Party of China

German

Noun

TG

  1. (apartment listing) Abbreviation of Tiefgarage.
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