# This. Word. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 3, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742 "2008-08-03T21:40:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/81 "2008-08-05T00:38:12Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Ah, my apologies. I didn’t bother googling it because I thought it was something someone made up for a one time use, not a real internet acronym. You know, like IDBTGICIL (I Didn’t Bother to Google It 'Cause I’m Lazy). [/QUOTE] I love that acronym. I must now find somewhere to use it…hmmm. _shifty eyes_ ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/82 "2008-08-05T00:41:37Z")
I disagree. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/83 "2008-08-05T01:16:08Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] Haha, you so funny. [/QUOTE] Lulzorz. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/84 "2008-08-05T01:43:25Z")
[QUOTE=El\_Kabong] I disagree. [/QUOTE] Concur. ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/85 "2008-08-05T01:47:44Z")
[QUOTE=FinnAgain] Lulzorz. [/QUOTE] _Squee!_ ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/86 "2008-08-05T03:14:35Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] I seriously doubt this. The word is bond part might be true (I thought it was just short for the old saying “my word is my bond,” but I don’t know where _that_ came from, so I don’t know), but the G thing is highly suspect to me. Look at the cite in the Wikipedia article. It seems self-promoting to me. Not saying it’s wrong but I wouldn’t accept this as fact without further research. [/QUOTE] Well the problem with researching fringe religous groups becomes that the only real authorities on the subject are the groups members themselves. You’re kind of forced to take their word for it, since there really isn’t any way to corroborate this kind of information from the outside. Therefore the cites are always going to be a bit self serving and self promoting. Use of the term “G” in rap music and it’s original meaning is a slippery thing to try to research because hip hop culture is really mostly an oral tradition and everyone borrows from everyone else. I’m sorry to say that I don’t personally know any members of the Nation of Gods and Earths to ask them, but if you look at the doctrines espoused from the group it looks like any answers one might get would make nearly as much logical sense as interrogating a Rasta. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/87 "2008-08-05T05:09:43Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] Now see here! This thread has become entirely too silly! [/QUOTE] Be a shame if anything were to happen to your thread, Colonel… ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/88 "2008-08-05T11:41:18Z")
Dinsdale! ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/89 "2008-08-05T11:49:05Z")
TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW!! ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/90 "2009-03-31T21:25:40Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Postin’ “me too,” like some brain-dead AOLer. I should do the world a favor, and cap you like old yeller. But seriously, I want to add “Sage” and or “Wizard” The last comming from the movie Juno. WTF do those words mean. when used in similar fashion to the general gist of this post? ---
**Author:** ![Alastair\_Moonsong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@Alastair\_Moonsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alastair_Moonsong)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/91 "2009-03-31T23:40:56Z")
Inb4 lock. (Applies here, seeing as how several people predict imminent thread-death; also popular on some forums I frequent where many of the posts are immediately locked for excessive stupidity or offensiveness.) Also, by the standards of the aforementioned boards, this thread would be considered an intellectual masterpiece. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/92 "2009-03-31T23:47:54Z")
So what does WAR mean? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742/93 "2009-04-01T00:12:26Z")
> [@Evil\_Economist](#): > > So what does WAR mean? [Here are some possibilities.](http://www.acronymfinder.com/WAR.html) [Since this topic is currently being discussed over here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510821), this thread is LOL - locked out loud. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-word/458742.md?page=4)