gimme

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Organized labor is hoping for a double "gimme" -- recognition without winning an election and contract without completing a negotiation.

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  1. Informal Contraction of give me.
  2. adjective Slang Demanding material things or especially money; acquisitive: today's gimme society; tired of gimme letters.
  3. noun Sports A putt that is granted to a fellow player as successfully made either before it is attempted or after it is missed in an informal game of golf.

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  • On the other hand, the "dude pretends to be my friend because he wants to borrow my chain saw" interpretation is, without doubt, more prevalent in the cynical, gimme-gimme world of today. —  The Word Detective
  • His words gurgled like speech drowned in a bowl of blood Gimme that--gimme that--you damn fool This was the voice of Jingles. —  041 - The Black Spot
  • Generation gimme is a result of the generation of the lackadaisical 60s and 70s generation who wanted to give their children everything - because they in turn were raised by their WWII / Depression Era parents ... —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • From that day forward, their brains are wired like everyone else - "I want, I want, I need, I need, I must have, and -- gimme!". —  Blogger KING
  • Zooey Lepidoptera Says: gimme is a bit defensive about his large family, isn't he? —  Think Progress
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