Talk:gid

RFV discussion: October–December 2022

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gid (gig)

Rfv-sense: fiddle. This is actually a typo: the Webster entry is at gig. However, I can't find evidence to support even that form. Webster gives no references. I can't find this sense among OED's many definitions of gig. Century has this sense at gig, accompanying it with a dagger, attributing it to "F. Junius", and following it with the intriguing comment "It is doubtful whether this sense actually occurs in literature". This, that and the other (talk) 12:21, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

The French word gigue has this meaning. The English word gig ("fiddle, violin") is mentioned in various sources, e.g. [1], [2], [3]. The only concrete primary source I was able to find was Chaucer, who used "gigge" ("gygges"), but which MED instead translates as "?A squeaking sound, a creak." There's also Middle English "gigour" ("fiddler"). 98.170.164.88 17:59, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

If I'm not mistaken, I believe the OP is referring to gid, Etymology 2 (?) Leasnam (talk) 19:09, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Sorry, it's a bit confusing. Our entry gid is an obvious error, and the word actually under verification here is gig. I perhaps should have moved the sense from gid to gig and then RFV'd it, but I got lazy. Apologies for the messiness. This, that and the other (talk) 00:13, 15 October 2022 (UTC)

RFV-failed, let's just put this out of its misery. This, that and the other (talk) 01:53, 2 December 2022 (UTC)