Words we already knew
GAB | GEM | GOT |
GAD | GET | GUM |
GAG | GIG | GUN |
GAL | GIN | GUT |
GAP | GIT | GUV |
GAS | GNU | GUY |
GAY | GOB | GYM |
GEE | GOD | |
GEL | GOO |
Words we already knew because they are plurals of a two-letter word
GIS | GOS | GUS |
Mouth Sounds
GRR | |
GOR | as in “gor blimey guv’na”, but also an obsolete Lancashire/Merseyside dialect word for a gull, so takes an S. |
Some relatively sane abbreviations
GAT | from “Gatling”, a gun |
GID | from “giddiness”, a disease of sheep |
GIF | a graphic held in GIF format |
GOV# | from “governor” in the sense of a mechanical regulator |
GOX | from “gaseous oxygen”. |
Some words that might be included for reasons we didn’t expect
GAK | cocaine |
GAM | (n.) legs, but also (v.) to visit socially. Originally nautical, as when ships gam together to exchange pleasantries. Possibly before that referring to a grouping of whales. |
GEN | as in “gen up”, to become informed |
GIB | (n.) a particular kind of wedge used, especially in steam engines, and (v.) the act of using one |
GON | Collins says “a geometrical grade”, as in presumably the -gon of pentagon, hexagon, etc. but standalone |
GIP | Not the offensive verb, but a different one, meaning to clean fish |
GYP | Not the offensive verb, but slang for pain or distress especially caused by failing body parts or mockery. |
Some North country and Scots dialect
GAE | to go (GAES, GAED, GANE, GAUN, GAEING, GAEN) |
GAN | to go (GANS, GANNED, GANNING) |
GOE# | to go (GOES, GOING) |
GIE | to give (GIES, GIEN, GIED, GIEING) |
GEY | great, or very (adj. and adv.) |
GUB# | = GOB, (n.) the mouth, and (v.) to punch in the mouth (GUBS, GUBBED, GUBBING) |
GAR | a pike (the fish), but also a verb, to cause or compel (GARS, GART, GARRED, GARRING). |
GED | a pike (the fish) |
GEO# GIO# | (especially in Shetland) a small fjord or gully |
GJU# GUE# | = GU, our old friend the Shetland viol |
Some words from Asia
GER# | a Mongolian yurt |
GHI | = GHEE, clarified butter |
GOA | the Tibetan gazelle, Procapra picticaudata |
GUL | a medallion-like design in central Asian carpet weaving |
GUP# | from Hindi, (n.) gossip |
GUR# | cane sugar. Also GOOR |

And
GAU | A Nazi political district, administered by a GAULEITER |
GAW | supposedly a “partial rainbow”, although Collins online and the OED also define it as a dialect term for a drainage furrow in a field |