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« on: May 10, 2004, 12:02:12 PM »
hehehe, oh boy, this could cause a flame war..but what the hell ...

What is it!!??

Do you pronounce it with a hard "G"? (As in "G"irl)

or

Do you pronounce it with a soft "G"? As in ("G"ender)


Ill start off by stating MY opinion: it's said with a hard "G"... why??

Well, a hard "G" makes the word sound tough and powerful...
-Holy shit! I've splattered your gibs all over the wall! UnF Unf!!-

And how does it sound with a soft "G"?  Well pretty lame actually.
-Ewwwww, i got gibs on my t-shirt! gross!  Get em off! Get em off!-

See? pretty simple.  I knew you would all see it my way  :D   :D   :D
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« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2004, 12:20:06 PM »
hmm
I always figgered it's from the word "giblets" as in "giblets and gravy"
so it probably should be pronounced "jib"

but I always say "gib" to myself :)
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« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2004, 01:43:28 PM »
I figured it comes from giblet... so soft G...

Frag.. does that come from fragmentation?

Let's pronounce it qxprag !  Who cares!!!!  lol


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« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2004, 02:29:52 PM »
Frag? Sounds Canadian lol j/k
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« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2004, 08:43:35 AM »
Ok...only gonna say this once so listen up.Gib=a kill...Jib=is slang for methamphedimines...I know believe me :)
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« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2004, 10:08:48 AM »
no mat thats just ebonics for cows.
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« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2004, 10:17:31 AM »
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...Jib=is slang for methamphedimines...I know believe me


Who keeps lettin' these crank-heads onto the forums!??

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« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2004, 03:28:50 PM »
gibs (pronounced jibs) are the chunks left behind from frags -kills (and not neccessarily skillz) ...i believe frag comes from the war term frag (i believe it means to grenade someone)
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« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2004, 03:49:45 PM »
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...i believe frag comes from the war term frag (i believe it means to grenade someone)


Yes, I thought it was associated with "fragmentation grenade".

Thus, for those hard-g fellas here who have no respect for a term's origins - it's time to invent a new pronunciation of frag!  It's crucial they be consistent with their mispronunciations!  As we've been educated, inconsistency is Very Bad, and may be synonymous with "neutering".

This link, purporting to be a glossary of Vietnam war slang, includes definitions for frag and fragging...
http://lists.village.virginia.edu/sixties/HTML_docs/Resources/Glossary/Sixties_Term_Gloss_D_J.html


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« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2004, 03:56:43 PM »
What the?? Mat where the hell did you pull that line from???

hehe
I like it!!
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« Reply #10 on: May 11, 2004, 04:00:03 PM »
[quote="quadz']...and may be synonymous with "neutering".
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« Reply #11 on: May 11, 2004, 06:17:26 PM »
He He He i like the definitions for some of those words lol especially the other word more often used in the gi vocab other than "a" :)
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« Reply #12 on: May 12, 2004, 10:01:19 AM »
I've wondered where this term came from, and have at times suspected that it's a corruption of "gig." Those of you who grew up in some of the (ahem) less refined parts of the country may recall, as I do, "gigging" bullfrogs (hard G) in your youth with a spear known as a gig.

A gib (hard G) is also an archaic term for a neutered (!!) male cat.

And I may be wrong about this (and am too lazy to look in a dictionary), but I believe "to gib" (hard G) is a verb meaning "to attach a gib to something," a gib being a piece that keeps machine parts in place. What the hell that could have to do with this I have no idea.

Then again, I'm with Dukie on the "giblets" thing: perhaps since giblets (soft G, of course) are the by-product of frags, it should be pronounced with a soft G. And a gibbet (again with the soft G) is another word for a gallows...

As for "frag," you're right that it comes from Vietnam and fragmentation grenades.

I also did some research on this and discovered another etymology proposed by a Professor Sicker of PIT University in Alternative Philology Quarterly, vol. II, no. 3 (1947):

"'Frag' comes from the tendency of yellow peoples to mispronounce the letter L as an R. In the recent war, Japanese troops noticed that the bodies of slain U.S. servicemen were usually sent home in flag-draped coffins; thus, "to flag" an enemy was to kill him. This was corrupted into "frag" owing to the inability of the Japanese to pronounce the word properly."

Sicker continues:

"The use of "erection" for the engorgement of the male member shows a similar, though earlier, origin. When democracy was nascent in late-19th century Japan, the Japanese had no word for election, so the word was borrowed from English. Noting that elections resulted in the "rising" of a candidate to fill an office, the word quickly became slang for a similar "rising" in the male anatomy. The pronunciation, however, was "erection," and this word was "borrowed back" into English by American and English diplomats stationed in Japan in the early 20th century."

Interesting, eh?

OK, I just made that shit up...

I'll stop all this gibberish now. Hmm...wonder who has too much time on his hands?
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That guy writes on some pretty diverse topics.  I have TCP/IP Illustrated, Volumes 1 and 2 by the same author!



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« Reply #14 on: May 12, 2004, 03:55:57 PM »
This gib bing short for "giblets" is kinda funny to be due to the fact i pronounce it with a hard "g" too lol. Oh well guess im the oddball then :)
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