(a.) Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian.
(n.) A native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian; also, the language of Greece.
(n.) A swindler; a knave; a cheat.
(n.) Something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me.
Example Sentences:
(1) In a separate exclusive interview , Alexis Tsipras, the increasingly powerful 37-year-old Greek politician now regarded by many as holding the future of the euro in his hands, told the Guardian that he was determined "to stop the experiment" with austerity policies imposed by Germany.
(2) Greek officials categorically denied the report with many describing it as a "joke".
(3) An unexpected result of the Greek crisis has been a flight of capital into British government bonds, which has seen gilt prices fall.
(4) Greek police have said the 45-year old man arrested over the attack has admitted being a member of the extremist Golden Dawn Party.
(5) Thus, the dental health and dietary habits of the Greek immigrant and the Swedish children were generally very similar, while the Greek rural children showed a less favourable cariological status.
(6) Portugal's slide towards a Greek-style second bailout accelerated after its principal private lenders indicated that they were growing weary of assurances from Lisbon that it could get on top of the country's debts.
(7) Far from securing the regime change they were seeking, the creditors now find that Syriza is being supported by all Greek political parties apart from the communists and the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn.
(8) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Columnist Jonathan Freedland and economics editor Larry Elliott discuss the late-night deal that the Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has agreed to When it comes to the now-abandoned Thessaloniki Programme, the radical manifesto on which Alexis Tsipras came to power, there is always talk of implementing it “from below”: that is, demanding so many workers’ rights inside the industries designated for privatisation that it becomes impossible; or implementing the minimum wage through wildcat strikes.
(9) Would the Greek crisis have been avoided if Europe had stuck to fiscal discipline?
(10) Greece standoff over €86bn bailout eases after Brussels deal Read more But while the bailout chiefs are poised to agree on a route map, the journey for the Greek people seems no less long and arduous.
(11) "But if public opposition to further austerity measures hardens, the Greek government could find it even tougher to put the public finances back on a sustainable footing."
(12) Financial experts aren't immediately sure what to make of the report, but one theory is that the figure includes the 'profits' the European Central Bank has made by buying Greek debt at distressed levels since the crisis began: econhedge (@econhedge) suggestion that this is planned EUR31.5b+ECB profits.
(13) The Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras welcomed the IMF’s intervention saying in a TV interview that what the IMF said was never put to him during negotiations.
(14) To leave the Euro, says Clarke, would be "disastrous" for the Greeks.
(15) The footballer, who plays for club side Gabala and the national team , had waved a Turkish flag during a Europa League match in Cyprus, and appeared to make an obscene gesture at a Greek journalist who asked why he had done so.
(16) In the context of a simplified diamond lattice model of a six-member, Greek key beta-barrel protein that is closely related in topology to plastocyanin, the nature of the folding and unfolding pathways have been investigated using dynamic Monte Carlo techniques.
(17) Greek debt crisis: What's in the proposals from Athens?
(18) The decision triggers a refusal by the EU and the IMF to forward new funds to pay interest on Greek debts.
(19) These include 250 pieces of Greek and Roman pottery and sculpture, and 1,500 Greek and Ottoman gold, silver and bronze coins.
(20) In Paris, Chancellor Angela Merkel and President François Hollande tried to plot a common strategy after Greeks returned a resounding no to five years of eurozone-scripted austerity.
Wog
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) As Canoville warmed up, Chelsea supporters screamed, "Sit down, you black cunt", "You fucking wog''.
(2) Certain structures as parts of the skull, brain and spine were clearly to be differentiated in 10.-12. wog.
(3) So you will forgive me if I refer to niggers, wogs and coons.
(4) So it came as little surprise when the text messages advertising “wog and leb” bashing day were circulated in December 2005.
(5) A collective of 659 sonographical examinations in 593 women between 4. and 13. week of gestation (wog) is described.
(6) The numbers of MBP- and CNPase-positive myelin sheaths increased with time, and by 24 WOG many were evident in all areas of the spinal cord except in the corticospinal tracts.
(7) These studies show that in 12-13 WOG specimens, occasional MBP-positive processes are found in developing white matter in areas distinct from the root entry zones.
(8) So I did not know what this fighting was about, but slowly became aware of what racism was when people from time to time would call me a nigger, coon, wog… the list went on."
(9) Stacey branded people who criticised him on Twitter as "wogs" and told one to "go pick some cotton".
(10) Myelination in the human central nervous system is well documented after 20 weeks of gestation (WOG).
(11) Clapton said that, “Britain should get the wogs out, get the coons out,” before repeatedly shouting the National Front slogan “Keep Britain White”.
(12) In Trial 1, 60 lambs were allocated to three treatments: unweaned controls (CON1), lambs weaned onto first-cut alfalfa either without supplementary grain (WOG) or with up to 270 g.hd-1.d-1 supplementary grain (WG).
(13) The secondary yolk sac could be discovered at the end of 5. wog and first motions of the embryo in 8. wog.
(14) In the lead-up to the riot, 270,000 text messages calling for a showdown on the beach were sent, urging young Australians to go “wog bashing”.
(15) Daily gains for the CON1, WOG and WG lambs were 309, 118 and 159 g for the period from d 28 to 40 (P greater than .05) and 241, 195 and 245 g for the period from d 40 to 56 (P greater than .05), respectively.