Definitions
Etymologies
- From Mongolian гэр. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Normal-inverse Gaussian distribution, a notion in Statistics ger is shorthand for gerund …”
“Technically, the term ger refers to someone who is not a permanent resident of the place where s/he currently resides and for whatever reason also can’t go back to his/her place of origin.”
“Zergs, by instinct, try to stretch the concept of the group to its natural conclusion: bigger is badder, and badder is a safer griffon upon from to throttle loot from poor souls.”
Pushing the Limits (or) To Zerg Or Not To Zerg? « Snarkmarket
“In this case, the work of an Iranian graphic blogger is definitely NOT worth nothing — in fact if the NYT was willing to sell it to me for 99 cents, like an iTunes single, I would definitely go for it.”
“His presence certainly relieved us from embarrassment, for in Russia a Feldt Yäger is nearly as powerful at the post-houses as the Czar himself His proper duty was to drive in advance, furnished with his courierski padrojna, which enabled him to claim horses for us, to the exclusion of all other travellers, even if they had been harnessed to their carriages, and to prepare horses at the next stage.”
“(Sidebar: V'ger is our Plymouth Voyager "pressurized rover" and”
“James T. Areddy/The Wall Street Journal A 30-year-old saleswoman, Munkhzul Davaa, recently crammed her Adidas shoes, refrigerator and double-bed into the home she can afford: a traditional tent dwelling, known as a 'ger.”
“The ger is the new home of Munkhzul Davaa, a 30-year-old who says that despite her job as a mining-equipment saleswoman, a ger is what she can afford.”
“It is a circular tent, known as a "ger," standing behind a rusty corrugated-steel wall, where on a recent day two dogs were gnawing on sheep feet.”
“Ger = proselyte among the Rabbinical commentators: " in Rabbinic Hebrew the proselyte is called ger, whereas in Biblical Hebrew the ger is the resident alien .”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ger’.
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recent new scrabble words
these came into effect from 2011
abitur, abiturs, abscisic, achar, achars, acquis, addings, aerobot, aerobots, aguna, agunah, agunot and 1465 more...
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Words of the Times
Words discovered while reading The New York Times, each with a citation from the paper.
testilying, ghost talk, apneist, solastalgia, izakaya, hooker, telectroscope, airflyte, phomance, bromhidrosis, stinky feet, cupping and 482 more...
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Really Cool Three-Letter Words
None of your "the" and "get" here. No, no. This is the place for auk and sty, and words of that ilk.
One might think that being limited to only three letters would prevent many words fro...auk, sty, ilk, ani, owl, zit, ink, eau, rum, pus, pwe, pyx and 105 more...
Tweets
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yarb I thought yurts were portable by definition? Apr 21, 2009
sionnach budgie smuggler! Apr 21, 2009
bilby Is yours home to silly old cod? Apr 21, 2009
sionnach No. It's easy, provided you have secured yourself a good ger. The problem only arises in the case of a bad ger.
*giggles hysterically at own hilarious wit, the kind any 8-year old would be proud of* Apr 21, 2009
bilby I imagine leather cheese would need a fair bit of churning. Apr 21, 2009
john “On a trip to western Mongolia in 2006, the couple bought a ger — a portable yurt — and a set of traditional furnishings and crafts, including a leather cheese churn and a basket used for gathering dried dung for fuel.�?
The New York Times, Our Place Just Above the Road, by Lisa A. Phillips, November 6, 2008
Nov 7, 2008