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A Ganny is the remote control for a television set. Especially in the North of England, may have originated in Newcastle.
Pass me the ganny, i don't want to watch Noel Edmunds any more.
by Jables Bayliss December 14, 2008
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ganny

"Ganny" or "The Ganny" is vernacular for the Internet. This word derives from the acronym GAN standing for Global Area Network.
"The Ganny is going very slow today"
"There's no ganny on this computer!"
"I posted my article on the ganny."
by buzzert December 28, 2005
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Ganny

Lesbians who shave their hair, or have a buzz cut.
'Ark at that ganny over 'ere' says David 'State of eeeet'
by Gannies November 14, 2022
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pump granny

A "pump granny" is an elderly or infirm person (esp. a woman) who attempts to promote zero or low value stocks for a TTCM. They accept this as being extremely low paid work & either realize (if they don't have Alzheimer's etc) that they will probably be meeting their maker before the legal system indicts the company & them OR have Alzheimer's & have no clue what their doing.
Michael: My mother works as a pump granny for TTCM, at least I don't have to pay her
Sonny: That's my mother you're talking about!!
by Sonny Nugent January 25, 2022
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Pump Granny

An older Lady used to hype up product for a company.
Man 1: “Did you see the Pump Granny at the Xbox Event?”
Man 2 : “Yeah, there were loads of Pump Grannies! I bet even my Grandma will buy an Xbox now!”
by The Mayon January 25, 2022
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pump granny

A "pump granny" is an elderly or infirm person (esp. a woman) who attempts to promote zero or low value stocks for a TTCM. They accept this as being extremely low paid work & either realize (if they don't have Alzheimer's etc) that they will probably be meeting their maker before the legal system indicts the company & them OR have Alzheimer's & have no clue what their doing.
Michael: My mother works as a pump granny for TTCM, at least I don't have to pay her
Sonny: That's my mother you're talking about!!
by Sonny Nugent January 25, 2022
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Granny Awards

An annual celebration of Archaicisms, primarily serving as an ego defense mechanism for Boomers (and other old people.)
Nominated for 2014 Granny Awards Rock Album of the Year:

Zeppelin, Sabbath, Bowie and Neil Young

-- Four acts that were "too hip to be square"* around 1970.

Kings of Leon and Queens of the Stone Age

-- Named after a passe form of government and a truly ancient Age of Tech.

How desperately we cling to illusions of youth and relevancy. -- Citizen of the Galaxy

* Once upon a time, even Before the Flood, contemporaneous fans of "Old Blue Eyes" and the "Candy Man" embarrassed themselves with such phrases, in a vain attempt to sustain their own relevance. Please, STOP THE MADNESS!
by Citizen of the Galaxy February 23, 2014
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