grandfather clause.noun,.plural.grandfather clauses
a clause.exempting.certain.preexisting.classes of people or things from the requirements of a piece of.legislation, normally because they existed before the legislation

goof.noun,.plural.goofs
an incompetent, foolish or stupid individual; a careless mistake (the electric cars have a big goof in them, as the batteries often explode without giving time for occupants to exit)
goof, goofed, goofing, goofs.verbs
intransitive verb use.to make a silly mistake; blunder
transitive verb use.to spoil, as through clumsiness; bungle (goofed up the roofing job); from Old North French 'goffe' meaning 'stupid'

goon.noun,.plural.goons
a thug.hired to intimidate or harm opponents; a stupid or oafish individual; a simpleton

gore, gored, goring, gores.transitive verbs
to pierce or stab with a horn or tusk

gore.noun,.plural.gores
blood, especially coagulated blood from a wound; from Middle English, 'filth' from Old English 'gor'

guinea pig.noun,.plural.guinea pigs
an individual who is used as a subject for experimentation or research, often unbeknownst to them

glass.noun,.plural.glasses
any of a large class of materials with highly variable.mechanical and optical.properties that solidify from the molten.state without crystallization, are typically made by silicates.fusing with boric.oxide, aluminum oxide or phosphorus pentoxide, are generally hard, brittle and transparent or translucent and are considered to be supercooled liquids rather than true solids; something made of glass, such as lenses to see better, something used for drinking liquids out of and a window or windowpane (a piece of glass in a window) and the like

gem.noun,.plural.gems
something that is valued for its beauty or perfection (a little gem of a book); a pearl or mineral that has been cut and polished for use as an ornament
gem, gemmed, gemming, gems.transitive verbs
to adorn with

garbage.noun,.plural.garbages
food wastes, as from a kitchen; refuse; trash; worthless or nonsensical.matter; rubbish (their advice turned out to be nothing but garbage); inferior or offensive.literary or artistic.material (garbage collection; a garbage disposal); from Middle English, offal from fowls
Computers: in computers, incorrect, meaningless or unwanted information in input, output or memory

gerrymander, gerrymandered, gerrymandering, gerrymanders.transitive verbs
to divide a geographic area into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections
gerrymander.noun,.plural.gerrymanders
the act, process or an instance of gerrymandering; a district or configuration of districts differing widely in size or population because of gerrymandering; named fter Elbridge Gerry + salamander, from the shape of an election district created while Gerry was governor of Massachusetts; a gerrymander sounds like a strange political beast, which in fact it is, considered from a historical perspective. This beast was named by combining the word salamander 'a small lizardlike amphibian' with the last name of Elbridge Gerry, a former governor of Massachusetts. The word is first recorded in April 1812 with respect to the creature or its caricature, but it soon came to mean not only 'the action of shaping a district to gain political advantage' but also 'any representative elected from such a district by that method'.

gubernatorial.adjective
gubernatorial means relating to or connected with the post of governor; relating to a governor