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William Hupy
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gnash

Postby William Hupy » Thu Feb 07, 2013 1:02 pm

Is this word only to be used in conjunction with teeth? For the life of me I can not think of a single instance when it has been used otherwise. What else is gnashed or gnashable? In other words what has gnashosity besides teeth? We need an entirely gnew set of words.
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Re: gnash

Postby Perry Lassiter » Thu Feb 07, 2013 6:37 pm

Let me gnaw on that one a bit.
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Re: gnash

Postby Audiendus » Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:50 pm

There are a few references on the web to "gnashing gears". It sounds more vivid than "grinding". :twisted:

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Re: gnash

Postby Slava » Thu Feb 07, 2013 9:39 pm

There are a few references on the web to "gnashing gears". It sounds more vivid than "grinding". :twisted:
Well, you beat me to it, Audiendus. This one popped into my head when I read the original post. Then I doubted myself. Gears are teeth, after all.
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Re: gnash

Postby Philip Hudson » Sat Feb 09, 2013 2:41 am

There is a slang meaning of gnash. I think the g might be pronounced in this usage, but I'm not sure since my children are way past being teens. In my generation we said swell or peachy keen.
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