Gash vs Affliction - What's the difference?
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A deep cut.
* 2006 , New York Times, “Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers”, [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/11/nyregion/nyregionspecial3/11bush.html?hp&ex=1158033600&en=e468f88da52557ed&ei=5094&partner=homepage]:
(slang, vulgar) A vulva, pussy
* 1959 , , (Naked Lunch) , 50th anniversary edition (2009),
(slang, offensive) A woman
(slang, British Royal Navy) Rubbish, spare kit
(slang) Rubbish on board an aircraft
(slang) Unused film or sound during film editing
(slang) Poor quality beer, usually watered down.
To make a deep, long cut, to slash.
A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
*1913 ,
*:She wore a man's long ulster (not as if it were an affliction , but as if it were very comfortable and belonged to her; carried it like a young soldier) [...]
Gash is a related term of affliction.
As nouns the difference between gash and affliction
is that gash is a deep cut while affliction is a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.As a verb gash
is to make a deep, long cut, to slash.gash
English
Noun
(gashes)- Vowing that he was “never going to forget the lessons of that day,” President Bush paid tribute last night to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack, laying wreaths at ground zero, attending a prayer service at St. Paul’s Chapel and making a surprise stop at a firehouse and a memorial museum overlooking the vast gash in the ground where the twin towers once stood.
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- “Oh Gertie it’s true. It’s all true. They’ve got a horrid gash instead of a thrilling thing.”