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GIG
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(Abbreviation) Global Investments Group(Abbreviation) Government Information Grid
(Abbreviation) Grid Infrastructure Group
1. Short for gigolo.
2. Or: gigg , an obsolete term for a house woman or the mistress of a household. It was used by Geoffrey Chaucer in The House of Fame (1373) to mean a wanton or promiscuous woman, but it was obsolete by the 17 th century.
3. From the 17 th to the 19 th century, the female genitals. Captain Francis Grose, in his Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811) defines gigg as ' a nose ' or ' a woman's privaties'. See vagina for synonyms.
4. Or: giggy , the anus. See anus for synonyms.
5. A musical booking or job.
Etymology: From Middle French giguer, a lively dance of that period. From this root also derives the French word gigolette, a prostitute, and the Italian gigolo, a male prostitute or kept man.
(Abbreviation) Gay International Group
(Abbreviation) Genuine Ilocano Gang
(Abbreviation) Gluten Intolerance Group
(Abbreviation) Graphic Identity Guidelines
(Noun) an event for jazz musicians
(Abbreviation) Genetic Interest Group
(Abbreviation) Girls Issues Group
(Abbreviation) Global Industries Group
(Abbreviation) Global Information Gateway
(Abbreviation) Global Information Grid
(Abbreviation) Global Interactive Gaming
(Abbreviation) Global Interoperability Group
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