Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: gig

What does "gig" mean in this contest?
" I am a song writing musician by trade and I gig about 3 times a week.
I've done studio works with some of the bigger names in the industry. I use
a P90 in studio and always on gigs. I make my living in music. After live
gigs people always comment"
-- 
Poni, Signore, una custodia alla mia bocca,
sorveglia la porta delle mie labbra. (Ps. 140)
16/01/2006 20.13.36

 I make my living in music. After live gigs people always comment
Dopo le esibizioni dal vivo la gente... commenta?
Frohes neues Jahr,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
P.S. Cosa c'era di strano nel testo che hai riportato?
--
"I'm not from these parts. From a little place called England. We used to 
run the world before you." (Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes) 

 What prize will I have if I win?
Context, uffa :)
-- 
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
(Janis Joplin)
16/01/2006 21.09.15

 P.S. Cosa c'era di strano nel testo che hai riportato?
Nulla; è che pensavo si dicesse "live performance", non conosco abbastanza
il gergo :)
-- 
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
(Janis Joplin)
16/01/2006 21.09.54

 What prize...
Context, uffa :)
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Allora The Great Gig in the Sky era una performance dal vivo per la TV
satellitare?
(Per i minorenni, era un pezzo da "Dark Side of the Moon")
-- 
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
(Janis Joplin)
16/01/2006 22.28.55

 satellitare?
LOL! Significa il grande concerto in paradiso.
-- 
Mary

 (Per i minorenni, era un pezzo da "Dark Side of the Moon")
Beh, certo. Ti dedico la tag-line.
Ciao, FB
-- 
"Fare la geisha per una sera può essere divertente; alla sesta sera di
inchini diretti a un uomo che sta guardanto Sky Calcio ci si avventa su di
lui con un coltello da sushi, garantito.
(Maria Laura Rodotà su "Io Donna" n.3 del 14/1/2006)

 LOL! Significa il grande concerto in paradiso.
C'ero arrivato. Qualuno mi sa dire da dove viene questo vocabolo? E'
un'abbreviazione di qualcosa?
-- 
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
(Janis Joplin)
16/01/2006 23.57.28

 LOL! Significa il grande concerto in paradiso.
C'ero arrivato.:)
 Qualcuno mi sa dire da dove viene questo vocabolo? E'
un'abbreviazione di qualcosa?
-- 
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
(Janis Joplin)
16/01/2006 23.57.28

 un'abbreviazione di qualcosa?
"The musician's engagement probably derives immediately from the 'gig' 
that is a dance or party, but 'gig' and 'gigi' (or 'giggy') also are old 
slang terms for the vulva; the first has been dated to the seventeenth 
century".
http://nfo.net/usa/etymol.html
"The musical sense dates to 1926 and first arose as jazz slang in the 
US. But the origin is not in music. The use of gig to mean a non-musical 
job or occupation dates to 1908, and the sense of a business affair or 
event is a year older than that. The origin is unknown, but it may come 
from the slang term gag. This dates to 1890 and means business method, 
practice, or behavior. All these sense are American slang usages".
http://www.wordorigins.org/wordorg.htm

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The phrase "gig line" is used by the US military services to indicate
the proper alignment of the front seam of the shirt, the belt buckle,
and the zipper flap of the trousers.
The word "gig" is also used in the US military services to mean
"demerit". If an officer finds a discrepancy during an inspection, he
gives a "gig" to the individual or group under inspection.
The word is also used by US Airborne soldiers to mean punishment in
the form of physical exercise, such as "push-ups". Airborne training
facilities had what was known as the "gig pit", where soldiers were
sent for this type of punishment. In an Airborne unit, if a trooper
incurred the ire of his superior, he would hear "get a gig!", which
means "get down and give me 20 push-ups".
http://www.answers.com/topic/gig
Joe from Massachusetts

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to gig = to have a gig.
a gig is a job.  It's a common word in American English. I think that
originally it was only referred to music, but it's now used in other
professions.  Nowadays cleaning ladies for example, also have gigs.
bye
ari

 slang terms for the vulva
eeh? Io sarei una vulva, in inglese? Protesto!! Non sono ermafrodito
firmato Gigi, in arte father
-- 
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
(Janis Joplin)
17/01/2006 8.22.51

 professions.  
Really? Not in the UK, AFAIK.
-- 
Mary

 Really?
Yes, and it's now spilling over into areas other than music.  I had
never heard it used as a verb though.
bye
ari

 never heard it used as a verb though.
Not only musicians but also comedians and other entertainment performers 
have "gigs". The usage has spread to other professions but typically it's 
confined to those engagements that involve the performance of a task for a 
limited period of time, such as contract work or freelance work, rather than 
a full-time job. I've never heard it used as a verb, and I would consider 
that usage an error if I did hear it. 

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The Merriam says "gig = a job usually for a specified time; especially
: an entertainer's engagement "
I have always associated it with musicians, but I think that the
original use was in reference to any short-term job, as Lilith has
suggested.
Joe from Massachusetts