get the elbow
To be dismissed from employment.
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Where will you be? Anywhere UK & IrelandUnited StatesOnline slangBusiness jargon
Expressions you’ll hear in the US — distinctly American usage first, then widespread staples.
get the noggin joggin'
To get a person thinking; to encourage thought or cogitation.
get through
To overcome; to endure.
get to
To reach or arrive at (a physical or abstract destination, or state of doing a certain activity).
get under it
To sharply steer the other direction (e.g. to switch from right to left) when backing up in order to align a truck straight on with a loading dock.
get up
To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
get up in
To interfere or involve oneself with (something); to become deeply involved with (something); to intrude into or be nosy about (something).
get up in someone's face
To dramatically confront or initiate an argument with someone.
get up into
To move close enough to (someone or something) to guard them, stop them from scoring or passing, etc.
get up off
To stop harassing, insulting, obsessing over or spreading gossip about (someone).
get up someone's nose
To annoy someone; to get on someone's nerves.
get up to
To do something, especially something that is forbidden or improper.
get wise
To be impertinent.
get with
To become intimate with; to kiss and cuddle with; to have sex with.
get with it
To be satisfied with something; to get down with something; to accept or involve oneself in something; to respond to new fashions and trends.
get woke, go broke
Businesses that focus on social activism to align themselves with social justice are liable to lose customers.
gewd
Alternative spelling of good, by analogy with kewl.
GFBD
Initialism of God forgives, brothers don't.
gg
Initialism of good game.
GG no re
Abbreviation of good game, no rematch used when a multiplayer online game is over and one does not wish to play again; sometimes in contempt.
ggs
Initialism of good games.
gh
Initialism of good half.
gharry
A jeep or small truck for conveying troops.
ghetto
Unseemly and indecorous or of low quality; cheap; shabby, crude.
ghetto blaster
A portable stereo system capable of playing music (from several sources) at a relatively high volume; a boombox.
ghetto booty
Large buttocks of a woman.
ghetto butt
Synonym of ghetto booty.
ghetto fabulous
Wealthy, but of ghetto roots and ethic.
ghetto pass
The acceptance of white people into a nonwhite community; or, a privilege or permission granted to white people to appropriate nonwhite culture, attitudes, language, and behavior.
ghettolike
Similar to or resembling a ghetto.
ghost
To end communication or contact with someone without warning.
ghost skin
A white supremacist who hides his/her views in order to blend in with society.
ghost turd
Synonym of dust bunny.
ghostee
A person who is ghosted or ignored by someone else.
ghoster
A ghosthunter; a paranormal investigator.
ghouliani
Rudy Giuliani (born 1944), American politician and mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001.
ghu
A mock deity of early science fiction fandom; a fannish ghod.
GI can
A shell fired by the German Army in World War I.
GIB
Initialism of guy in back (someone who sits in the back of a jet).
gibs
Received money (e.g. charity, government benefits, or private gifts), regarded as undeserved.
gibsmedat
A supposed mentality of entitlement to welfare and a refusal to pay, stereotypically associated with African-Americans.
Gibson Girl
A survival radio transmitter carried by aircraft on over-water operations.
gift giver
A sexual partner who transmits HIV to a bug-chaser.
gifter
One who infects another with a sexually transmitted disease.
giftfic
A fanfic written for someone as a gift.
gig
Any unit of measurement having the SI prefix giga-.
gigachad
An exceptionally handsome man, having an even higher level of attractiveness than a Chad.
gigafactory
A very large manufacturing facility.
gigantic
Excellent; very good or exciting.
giggity-giggity
Sexual intercourse.
giggle juice
Nitrous oxide, laughing gas.
giggle stick
A cannabis cigarette.
giggle water
An alcoholic drink.
gigglemug
A smiling face
GILF
A (putative) grandmother or (less commonly) grandfather found sexually attractive.
gilguy
A thingy or whatsit; an object whose name is not known.
gillion
An unspecified large number (of).
gilly
The drink torpedo juice.
gimme some skin
A request for the interlocutor to slap hands, fist bump, or perform a similar greeting ritual.
gimmigrant
An immigrant who collects welfare, typically one regarded as being lazy or committing fraud.