govmnt

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govmnt (plural govmnts)

  1. Abbreviation of government.
    • 1992 September 17, MARTIN FOX, “French & EC”, in bit.listserv.politics[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-03:
      Yes, Corruption can take place in a unified "Big" Govmt. But that's not ness.[sic – meaning necessarily] the case -- corruption can and does take place in all govmnts.
    • 1996 October 23, Dublin 1, “Disgusting judging decisions”, in rec.sport.boxing[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-03:
      They think the govmnt will solve their problems, but they never admit that the govmnt is the cause of their problems.
    • 1997 February 12, Trish, “Anti-Spanking Law/Canadian-Chinese Connection”, in soc.rights.human[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-03:
      Adding one more law to the books does nothing in reality for the welfare of kids, yet it is a feel good and fuzzy measure for all the " risk free society" folks and those who are ready, willing and able to turn their entire lives over to the govmnt.
    • 2001 May 10, sclark, “Government study”, in rec.arts.bonsai[4] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-03:
      A recent govmnt study has found that bonsai and it's[sic – meaning its] related activities have cost the economy over 2 trillion dollars over the last 10 years!
    • 2005 October 19, Ian Kenefick, “SpySubtract Vs. SpyDoctor”, in alt.privacy.spyware[5] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-03:
      Seriously, we are still in the soft-cold war period, and USA government/military doesn't trust Russian technologies/products, and vise versa[sic – meaning vice versa] - Russian govmnt doesn't trust USA... I think that will be changed sooner of[sic – meaning or] later. Can you imagine that West European govmnt could use Russian software 10 years ago? Definitely not. Now it's changed - and we have even military customers in West Europe.