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English word origin

Etymology of GGG

(Internet): Coined in 2007 by Tim Berners-Lee.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
name

Initialism of Giant Global Graph: a proposed successor to the World Wide Web, based on semantic links. · Initialism of Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

(Internet): Coined in 2007 by Tim Berners-Lee.

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Source etymology 2

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adj

Initialism of good, giving, and game, as qualities of a good sex partner.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Coined by sex advice columnist Dan Savage.

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