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Thursday Thirteen - Gross

The theme for this week’s Thursday Thirteen is Gross - that’s because it’s T13#144 and 144 is apparently a gross. I didn’t know that!

Gross seems to have many meanings so my Thursday Thirteen is the many meanings of gross!

1. Twelve dozen (i.e. 144)
2. “The amount before any deductions” e.g. gross income as opposed to net income which is the amount you actually end up with!
3. “Megascopic” - which means visible to the naked eye and is used mainly in reference to rocks and anatomical features. I guess this is the opposite of microscopic.
4. “Lacking fine distinctions or detail” - so maybe you could take this to mean “a bit vague”?
5. “Repellently fat” - hmm not very nice that one
6. “Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible” e.g gross ineptitude, gross injustice, gross negligence
7. “Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent” - e.g. gross-out TV shows
8. A television show aired on childrens channel Discovery Channel (apparently … but I can’t find any info about it - there is however a programme on there called “Grossology“)
9. In Golf: “the actual number of strokes a player has taken before his handicap is deducted”
10. “The weight of the goods including packing, wrappers, or containers, both internal and external. The total weight as shipped.” - I remember seeing this use of gross when my Dad used to work for a haulage company years ago.
11. A slang term meaning “disgusting” or “grotesque”
12. A village in Nebraska - apparently a very tiny village - only 5 people lived there in 2000 according to the census - see info in wikipedia
13. I can’t find a thirteenth definition!!!

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Published by Suzy on May 8th, 2008 tagged Thursday Thirteen