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g-d

g-d is the alternative letter-case form of G-d.

Proper noun capitalized: G-d

G-d

  1. (Judaism) A deliberately incomplete spelling of God.
    • My first acknowledgement is to G⁠-⁠d. […] This book could never have been compiled without G⁠-⁠d’s help, and so thanking Him is most important.2020, Aden Friedman, “Acknowledgements”, in My Yiddishe Mama: A Collection of Heritage Recipes and Haimishe Stories from South Africa’s Yiddishe Mamas, [Texture Publishing], →ISBN
    • Let’s pray that G‑d sends us Moshiach already, so we can stop waxing eloquent about our woes and expand our vocabulary of positive interjections!2025 December 18 (last accessed), “What Does “Oy Vey” Mean?”, in Chabad.org, archived from the original on 13 May 2025
  2. (dated) Censored spelling of God, in contexts perceived as blasphemous.
    • […] after ſome pauſe, his rage for a while depriving him of utterance, he took out his pen-knife, and opening it, vehemently ſwore, with this very pen-knife, by G⁠—⁠d, will I cut off his ears.1784, Thomas Sheridan, “Section VII.”, in The Life of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin, London: […] C[harles] Bathurst, W[illiam] Strahan, B. Collins, […], pages 438–439
    • […] having made a cross cut, so as to ascertain the depth of the fat upon the chest, exclaimed, in a sort of rapture, “Three inches of white fat on the brisket!—prime—prime, as I am a crowded sinner—and de’il ane o’ the lazy loons in but mysell! Seven—aught—aught tines on the antlers. By G⁠—⁠d, a...1822 May 29, [Walter Scott], chapter III, in The Fortunes of Nigel. […], volume III (in English), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson...

Forms of g-d

alternative formg-d
alternative formg*d
alternative formG*d

Questions about g-d

What does g-d mean?
G-d means a deliberately incomplete spelling of God.
What is g-d the alternative letter-case form of?
G-d is the alternative letter-case form of G-d.
What part of speech is g-d?
G-d is a proper noun.

Words near g-d in the dictionary

  1. G-buffers
  2. G-clamp
  3. G-clamps
  4. G-clef
  5. G-clefs
  6. g-d
  7. g-ddamn
  8. g-dropping
  9. g-factor
  10. g-factors
  11. g-flat

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