Slang to English letter G

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G
 Gangster (Street slang)
Gabbing
 To speak, normally without saying anything meaningful (Everybody)
'Those two women were standing there, gabbing away'
Gaff
 House or home (London)
'Come round to my gaff for a few beers. '
Gaffer
 Boss or foreman (Everybody)
Gagging
 To be desperate for something (often sex) (Everybody)
'Look at that girl over there - I bet she's absolutely gagging for it!'
Game On
 Exclamation used to describe something exciting that is just starting (Everybody)
'Right there's three lads outside who want a fight - game on!'
Gamp
 Umbrella (Don't know)
'Where's my gamp?'
Gander
 Look (London)
''ave a gander at that'
Ganja
 Marijuana (Everybody)
Gash
 Vagina (Street slang)
'She got a kick in the gash last Friday night'
Gasping
 To be extremely thirsty (Everybody)
'Let's go for a pint, I'm gasping!'
Gawby
 Silly person; fool (Yorkshire)
Gawd Blimey
 General exclamation of surprise or shock (London)
Gawp
 Stare (Yorkshire)
'What are you Gawping at?'
Gay
 Weak or effeminate; silly; low-quality; (School)
'I'm not riding that bike, it's gay!'
Gaydar
 The sense which gay men (supposedly) have which enables them to tell if another person is gay (Everybody)
'Ooh, look at him - my gaydar's twitching'
Geb-end
 Incompetent, stupid, annoying, or childish person (Don't know)
Geezer
 Man; male (London)
'Look at that Geezer over there'
Gelt
 Money (Polari)
Gender Bender
 A man or woman who defies their gender in the way they dress or act (Everybody)
Get In
 Excellent, very good (Everybody)
'Just won a tenner on the lottery - get in!'
Get Off
 To make out with, to snog (Everybody)
'I got off with a boy last night.'
Get On My Wick
 To annoy (Everybody)
'Those kids whining in the back seat, they're getting right on my wick'
Get On Your Tits
 To annoy (Everybody)
'That ticking clock is getting right on my tits.'
Get Weaving
 To start; to get going (Midlands)
'The night is young, let's get weaving'
Get Your Knickers in a Twist
 Get stressed, annoyed, angry (Everybody)
'Don't get your knickers in a twist about it.'
Get Your P45
 To be sacked or made redundant from work. (Everybody)
gf
 Girlfriend (Street slang)
'I split up with my gf a month ago but I can't stop thinking about her.'
Ginnel
 Alleyway, usually roofed between houses (Yorkshire)
Girl Crush
 A strong attraction (not necessarily sexual) felt by a girl or woman for another female. (Everybody)
Git
 Generic insult for a person (Everybody)
'You rotten git! You stupid get!'
Glasgow Kiss
 A headbutt (Scotland)
Glassing
 To attack somebody with a glass, broken glass or bottle. (Everybody)
'He got glassed in the pub last night.'
Gloop
 Anything sticky and liquid, especially mud, sewage, or hospital food (same thing?) (Everybody)
Glossy
 Magazine (Polari)
Go Ape
 To go crazy (Everybody)
Go Commando
 To go in public without wearing underpants. (Don't know)
'It's so hot today, I'm going commando!'
Gob
 Mouth (Yorkshire)
'Shut yer gob!'
Gobby
 Loudmouthed (Everybody)
'That girlfriend of yours is a right gobby mare'
Gobshite
 Braggart; liar; idiot (Liverpool)
Gobsmacked
 Amazed (Everybody)
God-Botherer
 Religious (especially evangelically religious) person (Don't know)
Goggles
 Glasses/spectacles (Everybody)
Golem
 Clumsy, slow (Jewish)
Goolies
 Testicles (Everybody)
'Someone stamped on Sam's Goolies, ouch!!!'
Gordon Bennett
 General exclamation of surprise or shock (Everybody)
Goyim
 Non-Jewish people (Jewish)
Gradley
 Good, excellent (Yorkshire)
'Ee, that were reet Gradley.'
Grand

Alternatives 		Thousand pounds (Everybody)
Grass

Alternatives 		Police informant or one who tells on others (Everybody)
'You'd better not turn grass.'
Grass

Alternatives 		To inform against someone (normally to the police or authorities) (Everybody)
Graveyard
 Stew or meal containing lots of small bones (Don't know)
Greasy Spoon
 Cheap or dirty cafe (Everybody)
Grebo
 Rock'n'roll fan, supposedly having greasy hair or clothes (Midlands)
Gringy
 Dirty, smelly or greasy (Don't know)
'I don't want to sleep on the floor, it's gringy'
Grizzle Guts
 Miserable, whining, moaning person (Everybody)
Grockle
 Holiday-makers/tourists. (Cornwall)
'The whole town was blocked up with grockles this morning.'
Grog
 Strong drink (Everybody)
Grue
 Feel sick or be sick (Don't know)
'That's making me grue'
Grunt
 Fart (Everybody)
Gubbins
 General stuff; the insides of a piece of electrical equipment (Everybody)
Guff
 A fart (Everybody)
Gumption
 Common sense; intelligence (Yorkshire)
Gutted

Alternatives 		Devastated (Everybody)
Gutted

Alternatives 		Very disappointed (Everybody)
Guvnor
 Boss, person in charge (Cockney)
Gypo
 Gypsy (Everybody)

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