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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>gib</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../G.html" title="G"/><link rel="previous" href="GandhiCon.html" title="GandhiCon"/><link rel="next" href="GIFs-at-11.html" title="GIFs at 11"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">gib</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="GandhiCon.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">G</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="GIFs-at-11.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="gib"/><dt xmlns="" id="gib"><b>gib</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/jib/</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">vi.</span> To destroy utterly. Like
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<a href="../F/frag.html"><i class="glossterm">frag</i></a>, but much more violent and final.
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“<span class="quote">There's no trace left. You definitely gibbed that
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bug</span>”. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. n. Remnants after total obliteration.</p></dd><dd><p>Originated first by id software in the game Quake. It's short for
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giblets (thus pronounced “<span class="quote">jib</span>”), and referred to the bloody
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remains of slain opponents. Eventually the word was verbed, and leaked
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