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Funner or Funnest

Parf of speech: Adjective, OED Year: 1727, OED Evaluation: N/A

As noun: Diversion, amusement, sport; also, boisterous jocularity or gaiety, drollery. Also, a source or cause of amusement or pleasure.

ExampleMeaning
We kind-of do themes and-stuff now so it's a lot funner.
Superlative/comparative form of fun.
ExampleMeaning
Even though that was my last year, that was the year I felt like I was just like way too old for that stuff anymore but um- yeah those are probably the funnest ones was Wizard-of-Oz and- and Beauty-and-the-Beast.
Superlative/comparative form of fun.
ExampleMeaning
Um, what else? Well the- some of the funner ones, like I got to interview ah, ah Randy-Bachman you-know? Bachman-Turnover-Drive
Superlative/comparative form of fun.
ExampleMeaning
And the- the most funnest thing I do with my cousin in the water was last year.
Superlative/comparative form of fun.

Fussbudget

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1904, OED Evaluation: N/A

A nervous, fidgety person

ExampleMeaning
Um, I might have been paying more attention to detail than they were, probably was and didn't realize it. Um, I am to the point of being a fussbudget I would suppose, my kids think I'm a real ah, I often - I overthink things too much. I pay too much attention to detail. And probably I do.
A fussy person

Gab

Parf of speech: Verb, OED Year: 1790, OED Evaluation: N/A

The action of gabbing or talking; conversation, prattle, talk, twaddle

ExampleMeaning
Whatever. Doesn 't matter. Do you even ha-- like do you have like set questions though or are we just going to like gab about high-school or something?
To chat a lot
ExampleMeaning
Yes. But people say that my named describe my personality 'cause I gab a lot. I 'm a gabber. Gabbers!
To chat a lot

Gabby

Parf of speech: Adjective, OED Year: 1719, OED Evaluation: originally Scottish

Abounding in gab; garrulous, talkative.

ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: Well I think that you've given me an hour and a half. Speaker: Really? Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: Oh my God! Interviewer: Time flies when you're- Speaker: Gabby, aren't I?
A talkative person

Gadzook

Parf of speech: Exclamation, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

N/A

ExampleMeaning
Some of it used to make me so angry, like our laws and how they came about and- and how they are not followed through on in some circumstances and how they're followed through in- through in others and it just used to upset me to no end during course time. Oh gadzooks.
(Exclamation) Oh no

Gaffer

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1590, OED Evaluation: N/A

Used simply as a title of address, often with no intimation of respect

ExampleMeaning
Speaker: ...it's heart-breaking. Yeah. And you-know- but ah there was a lot of cases like that, you-know, where ah, you-know, people- innocent people are- I can understand why mad drunken drivers- I mean I can understand the feeling and ah it even woke me up 'cause I used to have an odd drink you-know? We used to think nothing of drinking around town here 'cause it was you-know, you go from here to here and that's it, you-know? Interviewer: Ah well there's nothing too much wrong with that. Speaker: No but ah you- today these young gaffers you-know, they're so anxious to nail you, you can have a half of- half a glass of beer for heaven's sake, they'll- they'll try to lock you up.
A young child
ExampleMeaning
When I was a little gaffer, I could hear mom saying- oh I was- I-guess I must have been a holy terror or-something. Anyway, they had a baby-sitter for us one day over at the cousin the mom's. Over there and one day Rory disappeared.
A young child

Gaggle

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1946, OED Evaluation: N/A

a group of people or things, esp. a disorderly assemblage

ExampleMeaning
She was a lady. So she just didn't. She was older and very- so the boys- and then we always had a huge gaggle of cousins that were always there. There was Jacob and Greg and Wesley and-all-these.
This actually means a flock of geese but the speaker just used this word to mean a big number of people

gal

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1795, OED Evaluation: colloq. and regional (now chiefly N. Amer. and Caribbean).

Girl (in various senses)

ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Maybe I'll cancel it. Speaker 2: Then you don't have to- Speaker: Make an appointment for a- maybe in a couple of weeks. Speaker 2: (inc.) Speaker: I'll see my gal at the end of September, so I'd like to go- Interviewer: That's a lot of money, you spend a lot of money on hair. Speaker 2: Most women do.
Girl, young lady.
ExampleMeaning
And uh so, you-know, the gal up the street who um, who does shift work as a waitress at the restaurant at the bottom of the street will knock on the door and say "Cou-- do you mind watching my kid for three hours?" "No problem."
Girl, young lady.
... in our scripts we try to um offer our host suggested adjectives that they can use in describing something, um the gal at um, uh that I work with who hosts uh, our food show, she 's right now, sitting on her sunny porch in Venice-Beach and she's a surfer gal and she- she's always saying "Oh good to go," or "Dude" and "Cool" so she's- she's someone who we definitely have to provide adjectives for, now not because she isn't intelligent, she's a very smart girl, but she can get away with saying that.
Girl, young lady.
ExampleMeaning
... he and Mary wanted to see somebody so they left us and we stayed at the Delta-Hotel right there on the airport and Mar-- Marie knew a p-- ah a gal, from the church, and we visited her, and I can't remember the name of the island, but it's in between ah, Vancouver-Island and British-Columbia, and we went to see her for about ah, three or four days, then we came back, yeah.
Girl, young lady.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: A good Bianca story! I haven't known her that long! She's a great gal. And look at her the way she goes at her age. Interviewer: Oh yeah it's impressive. Speaker: It's very impressive. Yes. Very friendly lady. I like Bianca.
Girl, young lady.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: ... but by the way he was the first man to hire a women in the assay office. Interviewer: Oh really? Speaker: Yup. So she was the first gal- besides office work, but he was the- he was- he hired the first female.
Girl, young lady.
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: But do you remember like what her dress looked like? Speaker: Oh yeah, yeah, big controversy 'cause she wore a short skirt, like her dress was short- Interviewer: Mm. Speaker: It wasn't a long flowing- 'cause she's not a long fluffy kind of gal. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: Um- and yeah so there was big controversy about the gown, but al-- all the older generation were like, "(Gasps)-"
Girl, young lady.
ExampleMeaning
It's still there but it's not run by the Poles anymore. This gal bought it last year. A couple of years ago.
Girl, young lady.