Proper noun
TG
- Abbreviation of Telangana.
- Synonym: TS
2014 June 3, “KCR wants TS instead of TG for vehicle registration”, in The Hindu:Hitherto, the Centre had cleared a proposal to allot the letters TG to Telangana State, but now the Transport Department has written to the ...
2020 September 18, Sandeep Kumar, Ram Swaroop Meena, Manoj Kumar Jhariya, Resources Use Efficiency in Agriculture, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 527:The Southern region encompassing Andhra Pradesh (AP), Telangana (TG), AP and TG (two combined projects in both states), Karnataka, Kerala, […]
Noun
TG (countable and uncountable, plural TGs)
- Initialism of temporary gentleman.
1888, Rudyard Kipling, 'A Friend's Friend', Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2005, page 176:you can get rid of a man you don't like by writing a letter of introduction and putting him, with it, into the train. TG's are best treated thus.
- Initialism of transformational grammar.
- (LGBTQ, dated) A transgender person.
1997, Nancy Goldstein, Jennifer L Manlowe, The Gender Politics of HIV/AIDS in Women:Often, TGs are forced to revert to their original gender in order to obtain services.
- Initialism of thyroglobulin.
Etymology 1
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Possible sources:
- Initialism of 土共 (tǔgòng).
- From the emblem of the Communist Party of China. The Latin letters T and G resemble the hammer and the sickle, respectively.