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

Etymology 1

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)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation


Proper noun

GG

  1. (Internet slang) Short for Google.

Etymology 4

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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