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- abbreviation Internet slang, text messaging
great .
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x factor has bin gr8 this yr iTs gReAT!!!!!!!!! lv hannah xx
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They also have a great kids saving account called gr8 rate savings it is 8\% ...
Bargaineering 2009
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But I'll say this: I am not horrified to learn that "all the world's texters use 'lol,' 'gr8' and 'u,'" whatever their native thumbs.
NYT > Home Page By ROY BLOUNT JR. 2010
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Homophones also came to be used, where "gr8" means "great", for example.
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(I about died when I had a student use "gr8" in a paper instead of "great."
Archive 2005-09-01 2005
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(I about died when I had a student use "gr8" in a paper instead of "great."
Big Talker 2005
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Mokita said ... hi there, ive been following ur blog and find it gr8 ... matar paneer looks yum. keep up the good work.
Cooking from other blogs:Matar Paneer with Mint.......... Cardamom 2009
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Finally to cut a long story short Evans is a gr8 choice, even in FF Evans was the only one who made it barely watchable, and was very good in Sunshine as well as Push which was otherwise a mediocre movie, so he is anyday better the Tatum and the other losers.
Chris Evans Reportedly Offered Captain America Role | /Film 2010
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Timothy Leary ****** gr8 vid MudBaby, the only thing that concerned me was the 1 in 5 bike theft rate.
Regional Transportation Plan Pt. 2, in which I Complain a Little « PubliCola 2010
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Chuck and Mary you have done some gr8 things with your network, and you have gotten alot of good information out to so many, and so has Gary.
etmlbristol commented on the word gr8
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Gr8 is an abridged version of the word great and is often used as an adjective. Gr8 can also mean a fantastic or a wonderful thing.
Most often gr8 is used in informal internet or texting conversations, and is common on the internet. Gr8 is also especially common on social networking sites such as twitter or facebook . In addition to this, many young people (especially teenagers) use this word in writing. Some websites, such as Yahoo! Answers also use the word gr8 in some of their web content. Here is one such quote from there:
“im in gr8 trouble, very much confused what to if i m not got selected in rpet????
—Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions” (http://www.wordnik.com/words/gr8)
July 14, 2010