GS
Appearance
Translingual
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Symbol
[edit]GS
- (metrology) Symbol for gigasiemens, an SI unit of electrical conductance equal to 109 siemens.
Etymology 2
[edit]Symbol
[edit]GS
- (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands since 1993.
English
[edit]Noun
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- (US) Initialism of geological survey.
- (netball) Initialism of goal shooter.
- (skiing, snowboarding) Initialism of giant slalom.
- (aviation) Initialism of glide slope.
- (politics) Initialism of global studies.
- Initialism of Gitelman syndrome.
- (sexuality) Initialism of golden shower (“the act of a person urinating on another”).
- 1987 March 11, washroom wall in a bar in Columbus, Ohio; quoted in Thomas Edward Murray and Thomas R. Murrell, The Language of Sadomasochism: A Glossary and Linguistic Analysis, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1989, →ISBN, page 78:
- TV into GS and BS, are you there?
- a. 1990, SM Express, number 24, page 26; quoted in Thomas Edward Murray, Thomas R. Murrell, The Language of Sadomasochism: A Glossary and Linguistic Analysis, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1989, →ISBN, page 79:
- My interests are humiliation, public exhibitionism, nipple torture, hot wax, bondage, C & B torture, G.S., all fantasies
- a. 1990, Women in Command, number 16, page 25; quoted in Thomas Edward Murray, Thomas R. Murrell, The Language of Sadomasochism: A Glossary and Linguistic Analysis, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1989, →ISBN, page 78:
- Mistress Julie of New York is accepting slaves who enjoy S&M, B&D, enemas, foot worship, G/S and related subjects
- 1987 March 11, washroom wall in a bar in Columbus, Ohio; quoted in Thomas Edward Murray and Thomas R. Murrell, The Language of Sadomasochism: A Glossary and Linguistic Analysis, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1989, →ISBN, page 78:
- (slang) Initialism of glue stick.
- Initialism of General Secretary.
Proper noun
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- (US) Abbreviation of Golden State.
- (fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Gold and Silver.
Adjective
[edit]GS (not comparable)
- (automotive) Initialism of grand sport.
Coordinate terms
[edit](automotive):
- LE (limited edition, luxury edition)
- SE (special edition)
- LX (luxury)
- SX (super, special)
- L (limited, luxury)
- R (racing)
- S (sport, special, super)
Related terms
[edit]- (automotive): GT (grand touring)
Anagrams
[edit]Vietnamese
[edit]Noun
[edit]GS
- Abbreviation of giáo sư.
Categories:
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual symbols
- mul:Metrology
- Symbols for SI units
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- mul:Dependent territories of the United Kingdom
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals
- English words without vowels
- American English
- English initialisms
- en:Netball
- en:Skiing
- en:Snowboarding
- en:Aviation
- en:Politics
- en:Sexuality
- English terms with quotations
- English slang
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English abbreviations
- English fandom slang
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- en:Automotive
- en:Pokémon
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese nouns
- Vietnamese abbreviations