different between grinch vs ginch

English

Etymology

Named after the main character in a children's book by Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???nt?/
• Rhymes: -?nt?

Noun

grinch (plural grinches)

1. A grouch or killjoy.
2. A person who aggressively sets out to ruin the Christmas holidays for others.

Synonyms

• (grouch or killjoy): grouch, killjoy, spoilsport; see also Thesaurus:spoilsport

Derived terms

• grinchsome

Coordinate terms

• scrooge

English

Etymology 1

Variation of gotch, from Ukrainian ?????? (gátky).

Noun

ginch

1. (Canada, Alberta and British Columbia, slang) Underwear, especially men's briefs.
   • 2000, John Farrow, City of Ice, HarperCollins (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. (2012), ?ISBN, page 25:

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

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

     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. (Britain, slang, taboo) vagina, pussy.
2. (by extension) A woman, viewed as a potential or actual sexual partner.
3. (by extension) An effeminate man.

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