ginch

English

Etymology 1

Variation of gotch, from Ukrainian га́чі (háči), ґа́чі (gáči).

Noun

ginch

1. (Canada, Alberta and British Columbia, slang) Underwear, especially men's briefs.
   • 2000, John Farrow, City of Ice, HarperCollins, published 2000, →ISBN, page 71:

     She stowed the ginch she had just received as a gift in the dresser out of harm's way.

   • 2012, Kim Firmston, Hook Up, James Lorimer & Company Ltd., published 2012, →ISBN, page 25:

     Grabbing clean pants and ginch, I get re-dressed.

   • 2012 July 14, Sandi Bezanson-Chan, “Summer Jobs Series: Learning to handle 'ginch' in the hotel laundry”, in National Post:

     I got the hang of it after about 20 or 30 sheets and was settling into the routine when, reaching into the trolley, I was horrified to spy a pair of men’s Jockey underpants in amongst the sheets. I stopped cold and let out a shriek (remember, I was 14). Shirley calmly looked into the trolley and said, “Oh for Christ’s sake – it’s just a pair of ginch!”

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:underwear.

Etymology 2

Noun

ginch (plural ginches)

1. (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, vulgar) vagina, pussy.
   • 1977, Dotson Rader, Miracle, page 67:

     She probably up there getting her ginch plowed right this minute by some drummer out of Richmond.

2. (by extension) A woman, viewed as a potential or actual sexual partner.
   • 1968, Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test:

     The unquenchable Hagen of the Screw Shack prowls the Stampede for ginch ahoof and comes back to the bus with nice little girl with lips as raunchy as a swig of grape soda, tender in age but ne'mind, ready to go, and she is on the bus, christened Anonymous, down to her bra and panties, which she prefers.

   • 2014, R. V. Cassill, The Happy Marriage: And Other Stories:

     What reason would he have to try it, even, except to show off for this ginch?

   • 2014, Anne W. Shubert, Bad Boy:

     I mean, it was possible—theoretically, like Art always says—that Lisa had just lucked out, that Leslie Plunkett just happened to be on the Bad Boy's shitlist, all unbeknownst to his pet ginch, and that the Bad Boy had, conveniently for her, eliminated the little shyster.

3. (by extension) An effeminate man.
   • 2000, Andrew Klavan, Hunting Down Amanda, page 11:

     But, you know, she's struggling, she's got a kid. Just don't be a ginch, all right?" So, of course, you don't want anyone to think you're a ginch, plus maybe you're not particularly thrilled about the idea of using a hooker either.

Synonyms

• (vagina): fanny, monosyllable, quim; see also Thesaurus:vagina
• (woman): bint, mort, pussy; see also Thesaurus:woman
• (effeminate man): cockney, pansy, sissy; see also Thesaurus:effeminate man

References

• “gaunch", "gonch", "gotch", "gotchies", "ginch", "gitch” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
• Barber, Katherine. "11 Favourite Regionalisms Within Canada", in David Vallechinsky and Amy Wallace (2005). The Book of Lists, Canadian Edition. Knopf. →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Ch'ing, ching