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gamma globulin.

great gross.

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Words nearby GG

Gezira, gf, GFE, G-force, G.F.T.U., GG, GGR, GH, GHA, Ghaghara, ghain

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ABOUT THIS WORD

What else does GG mean?

Short for good game, the acronym GG is commonly used in online gaming at the end of matches as a gesture of good sportsmanship.

How is GG pronounced?

[ jee-jee ] or [good geym ]

What are some other forms of GG?

Where does GG come from?

GG emerges in the 1990s with online multiplayer games, such as Quake and Diablo. The makers of StarCraft, first released in 1998, have claimed that their gaming community first coined the term.

GG became such a key part of the culture of online gaming that, in 2000, it was featured in the official FAQ section of the game Half-Life. Fast forward to 2010 and GG was still going strong. So strong, in fact, that a company started selling a real-life GG button as a novelty item that gamers could smack after a good game.

How is GG used in real life?

GG is most commonly found in chats of online multiplayer games. Even when the acronym is found on social media, it’s usually in a gaming-related post. The acronym is also sometimes said in person at the end of live gaming matches, such as at a tournament.

.@TSM ace @100Thieves in the mid lane and push down for the game five victory! GG WP! #TSMWIN #NALCS pic.twitter.com/MSrcm55qie

— lolesports (@lolesports) September 9, 2018

GG has become so ingrained into gaming culture that it’s been adopted in non-English speaking countries, including those that don’t even use the Latin alphabet.

While not as common, GG can also be used outside the realm of video gaming to refer to an accomplishment that one is proud of.

Apparently I look like a 22 year old GG I win pic.twitter.com/KfdpGGaTvR

— ɴᴏᴏᴛ⁷ (@nootgi) September 8, 2018

Occasionally, BG is used for bad game.

How to use GG in a sentence

Shahs of Sunset star Golnesa “GG” Gharachedaghi has been hit with a restraining order.
Jon Stewart No. 1 in Late Night, David Arquette Falls Off the Wagon,|Culture Team|August 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The manual compass on these organs seldom extended higher than f2 or g3, though it often went down to GG.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
So Gg.; rest The goos, the duk, and the cukkowe also (wrongly; see next line).
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
Fulle blisfully they synge and endles ioy thei make (wrongly); Gg.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer

Koch, following Gg, reads—'Now lady bright, siththe thou canst and wilt.'
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
But his loon, or loons (o many oom un), his porcupine or porcupines (o gg oom un), are without number.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

British Dictionary definitions for GG (1 of 2)

the internet domain name for

Guernsey

British Dictionary definitions for GG (2 of 2)

abbreviation for

Girl Guides

Governor General

text messaging good game

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