Browsing page 11 of "G" words

noun

• gaslighting by underexaggerating or understating.

  Person A: Didn't you only finish one problem of your math homework last night? Person B: No, I finished all of them. Person A: Are you sure about that? I looked in your bag and I saw that your homework was not complete. Person B: Don't gasdimm me, I left that homework assignment at school today. Person A: How am I gasdimming you? Person B: You are manipulating me by questioning my powers of reasoning by understating what I finished. I didn't just finish one problem, I finished all seven problems, ask Ms. Goofyson, she'll say the same thing. Person A: We'll see about that. (calls teacher)

  Last edited on Jun 07 2024. Submitted by Anonymous on Jun 07 2024.

verb - transitive

• to lie or get filled with lies or fill one with lies

  Don't gas him up he'll believe it.

  Last edited on Dec 13 2002. Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 13 2002.

• "lame"; "corny"; "cheesy". Can be used as "gatchy", "gatchfully", "gatchalicious".

  That joke was so gatch.

  Last edited on Apr 25 2016. Submitted by Anonymous on Jun 04 2002.

noun

• a prison; the prison gates; or release from prison (usually used as, "the gate")

  Last edited on Mar 23 2016. Submitted by Chuck S. on Mar 23 2016.

• any place esp. in the streets where drug dealers deal or drugs sold.

  Last edited on Mar 23 2016. Submitted by Chuck S. on Mar 23 2016.

• suffix applied to a word to name a scandal. For example, Sarah Palin, Eliot Spitzer, and Bill Clinton each had a "Troopergate". From the Watergate scandal.

  Last edited on Oct 03 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

noun

• a more thorough inspection of some passengers flying in the United States, prior to entering the gate area.

                                                                                                                                                                                          
  
  Citation from "Airline Security: Stuck on the Runway?", Time, Sally B. Donnelly, Apr. 21 2002 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Nov 22 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 19 2010.

• the invasive security screening procedure mandated in the United States by the Transportation Security Administration, starting in November 2010.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
  
  Citation from "'Freedom Grope,' 'Gate Rape' -- Whatever You Call It -- Do You Think It's Worth It?", Nightline's Daily Line, November 17 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Nov 22 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 19 2010.

verb - transitive

• to perform the invasive security screening procedure mandated in the United States by the TSA.

  I got gate raped today.

  Last edited on Nov 22 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 19 2010.

• a person's home.

  Yo I'll reach your gates later.

  Last edited on May 14 2011. Submitted by kendra from USA on Aug 23 1998.