Etymology of NG

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noun

Initialism of natural gas. · Initialism of nitroglycerine (nitroglycerin). · Initialism of newsgroup. · Initialism of narrow gauge.

name

Initialism of Newgrounds. · Initialism of National Geographic. · Abbreviation of New Guinea

adj

Initialism of no good or no go. · Initialism of nasogastric. · Initialism of next-generation

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Abbreviation. * no good: attested in The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1909) and in Students’ Edition of a Standard Dictionary of the English Language (1915).

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