As noun: Diversion, amusement, sport; also, boisterous jocularity or gaiety, drollery. Also, a source or cause of amusement or pleasure.
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We kind-of do themes and-stuff now so it's a lot funner. |
Superlative/comparative form of fun. |
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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. |
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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. |
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And the- the most funnest thing I do with my cousin in the water was last year. |
Superlative/comparative form of fun. |
A nervous, fidgety person
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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 |
The action of gabbing or talking; conversation, prattle, talk, twaddle
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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 |
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Yes. But people say that my named describe my personality 'cause I gab a lot. I 'm a gabber. Gabbers! |
To chat a lot |
Abounding in gab; garrulous, talkative.
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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 |
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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 |
Used simply as a title of address, often with no intimation of respect
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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 |
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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 |
a group of people or things, esp. a disorderly assemblage
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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 |
Girl (in various senses)
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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. |
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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. |
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... 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |