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Ginchy vs Ginch - What's the difference?

ginchy | ginch |

As an adjective ginchy

is (slang|dated) sexy, cool.

As a noun ginch is

(canada|alberta and british columbia|slang) underwear]], especially [[men|men's briefs or ginch can be (british|slang|taboo) vagina, pussy.

ginchy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (slang, dated) Sexy, cool.
    • That is some ginchy girl!
  • * 1961 , Stanton Delaplane, And How She Grew , Coward-McCann, page 187,
    • You should carry a few silver dollars—they are the ginchiest .

    Usage notes

    * Typically used in the superlative.

    ginch

    English

    Etymology 1

    (Undergarment) Variation of (gotch), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Canada, Alberta and British Columbia, slang) Underwear]], especially [[men, men's briefs.
  • * 2000 , John Farrow, City of Ice , HarperCollins (2000), ISBN 0006481051, page 71:
    • She stowed the ginch she had just received as a gift in the dresser out of harm's way.
  • * 2012 , Kim Firmston, Hook Up , James Lorimer & Company Ltd. (2012), ISBN 9781459400306, page 25:
    • Grabbing clean pants and ginch , I get re-dressed.
  • * 2012 , Sandi Bezanson-Chan, " Summer Jobs Series: Learning to handle 'ginch' in the hotel laundry", National Post , 14 July 2012:
    • I got the hang of it after about 20 or 30 sheets and was settling into the routine when, reaching into the trolley, I was horrified to spy a pair of men’s Jockey underpants in amongst the sheets. I stopped cold and let out a shriek (remember, I was 14). Shirley calmly looked into the trolley and said, “Oh for Christ’s sake – it’s just a pair of ginch !”
    Synonyms
    * See also .

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (es)
  • (British, slang, taboo) vagina, pussy

    • References

    * * Barber, Katherine. " 11 Favourite Regionalisms Within Canada", in David Vallechinsky and Amy Wallace (2005). The Book of Lists , Canadian Edition. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-676-97720-2.

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