GGs
English
Etymology 1
From GG (“good game; good going”) + -s.
Alternative forms
Interjection
GGs
- (Internet slang) Synonym of good game or good going.
- 2000 September 16, cheet, “GG'z at Pits RA3”, in alt.games.quake3[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 1 April 2026:
- Yeah GGs to all there. great fun as is the norm when we can all get in there and have a little orgy.
- 2000 September 23, Sean M. Punch, “Mr K , Kromm”, in alt.games.unreal.tournament[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 1 April 2026:
- GGs to you, too! It was fun, even if I did get my clock cleaned.
- 2007 May 10, Seraph, “SW all-region 07”, in rec.sport.disc[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 1 April 2026:
- GGs to y'all @ regionals SDSU/UCSD/Clairemont... Pretty much sectionals... except we actually scored against squids... cough... too soon? and Arizona State//Colorado State... I guess...
Etymology 2
Initialism of Google Groups with its plural suffix -s.
Alternative forms
Proper noun
GGs
- (Internet) Initialism of Google Groups.
- 2008 February 18, elaich, “Re: John Corliss”, in alt.comp.freeware[4] (Usenet), archived from the original on 1 April 2026:
- GGers come in several flavors: […] 3. Wants the convienience of having both GGs and Usenet together under one interface. These are more likely to be the good ones. 4. Is using GGs to get around the Usenet ban at work. This is probably the biggest percentage of them.
- 2011 February 4, Del, “OT: what happened to my favorites”, in rec.games.pinball[5] (Usenet), archived from the original on 1 April 2026:
- Look at the upper left side of your screen & you will see Gmail, You;ll[sic] need to start using that on GGs to read mail .
- 2012 August 7, Ringo, “KEN COLLARD GREEN”, in alt.online-service.webtv[6] (Usenet), archived from the original on 1 April 2026:
- But this CubScout his[sic] THE DUMBEST, MoFo EVER!!!! Too bad there isn't a way in GGs to BLOCK anything from him. Yeah Yeah we know Norman, use a REAL News Reader>>LOL.
Related terms
Etymology 3
From GG + -s (plural suffix).
Noun
GGs
- plural of GG