greek
/ɡɹiːk/ · noun
Meaning
- An inhabitant, resident, or person of descent from Greece.
- Unintelligible speech or text, such as foreign speech or text, or regarding subjects the listener is not familiar with, such as mathematics or technical jargon; or statements that the listener does not understand or agree with.
- A member of a college fraternity or sorority, which are characterised by being named after Greek letters. (See also Greek system.)
- A cunning rogue; a merry fellow.
- Anal sex.
- Greek cuisine; traditional Greek food.
- To display a placeholder (instead of text), especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read.
- To fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum), so that form can be focused on instead of content.
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