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People can get things very wrong. Have a look at the bozo answers. Australian slang I get that you might never have heard it. It doesn't mean the op is wrong though.
reddit has turned in to a steaming pile of crap. or maybe it was always like that. thankful we moved away for our special kind of banter. A gig is a job, a kind of horse cart but I'd never heard of being a sticky beak slang term, learn something every day. I'll never quite understand why people bother to waste time being jerks online.
I've seen rudeness on Aussie zone too.
Wait for the ipo it's going to be baad.
What's an ipo?
'Initial public offering'. Just means they're going from a private company to a public one where you can buy shares. Also means it'll probably go to (further) shit. heh.
There are a few things I hate in this world and rudeness is up there. No need for it.
Reddit was better when it was just the tech heads using it.
The normies ruined it.
People enjoy shitting on others to make themselves feel superior. It's gross. I have not heard of 'gig' in that context, but I didn't grow up in every single state, city, and town in Aus simultaneously. OP is just trying to the slang-etymology for that usage, doesn't mean they're wrong. Netizens can be so cuntish.
What's wrong with saying nah mate. I've never heard of it instead of nah you're wrong?
Not the stud you're responding to but I wholeheartedly agree.
We're all Studs here 😉💜
I was sufficiently moved by the confidently incorrect assertions of some of the respondents to this post to add my own contribution. Yes, I know people that use the word "gig" in this manner, and u/Positive_Complaint had to dust off her 3rd party app and add her 5c!
And you worded it very well too.
probably from goog, meaning eggs, google ( not the number or search engine ) eyes ( big round eyes ) /goggle eyes
I am old as fuck 😂
We used to say "take a goog at that". It also kinda rhymes with look.
There is Squwiz. As in squeeze your eyes/squint to focus. A butcher's, butcher's hook/look.
I say that all the time. Giv's a butcher.
Sums up Reddit in a nutshell. "Only MY way of using a word is correct. Everyone else is a fucking idiot who can't speak English."