Desire, urge; from the Spanish verb ganar, to win or gain. The term was popularized among English speakers by the LA mathematics teacher Jaime Escalante as played by Edward James Olmos in the movie Stand and Deliver.

"You're going to work harder here than you've ever worked anywhere else. And the only thing I ask from you is ganas. Desire... If you don't have the ganas, I will give it to you, because I'm an expert." (from Stand and Deliver)

ganas by jcomeau_ictx May 13, 2013

Related Words

Ganlas • Galas • GANAS • Galassi • Ganash • gandasa • gankashanka • Ganyashree • Gablasian • galashky

ganjasexual

A person who is sexually and/ or romantically attracted to potheads. One need not use cannabis to be ganjasexual.

Steven: I wanted to ask Joan on a date.
Meghan: But Joan isn't ganjasexual.
Steven: Do you have any single female stoner friends?

Meghan: My friend Emily doesn't smoke pot, but I assure you she is ganjasexual.

ganjasexual by nacroL June 9, 2016

gankasaurus

A kleptomaniac who steels often. This person maliciously ganks for pure satisfaction in the loss of others.

Winona Ryder is a gankasaurus.
That gankasaurus just stole my killtacular.

gankasaurus by Wags82 October 21, 2008

gangasaurus

A term created by no one other than Kai cenat (famous YouTuber, twitch streamer, influencer). It is another word for Gangy, Gangalanche, and Gangatron. You can use this term to call your friends and people that’s close to you,

Yoo "gangasaurus" what you doing today?Wanna go watch Kai’s stream!

gangasaurus by Cameron - AKA [drip da Crip] April 25, 2022

galasshole

A glasshole is a galactic asshole, also known as A Great Asshole in the Sky.

George W, the dipshit, galasshole of the century.

galasshole by Jacques Asse February 17, 2009

Ganjasaurus Rex

When the Marijuana being smoked is unbelievably loud, and makes you monstrous in bed.

Person 1: Dude, how was boning Bridget last night?
Person 2: Bromigo, it was fantastic. I burned some of that OG Pineapple Express before,

and I plowed her like a fuckin Ganjasaurus Rex.
Person 1: Rad.

Ganjasaurus Rex by SammieJ. January 13, 2014

crunchy

Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.

"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"

crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007

Word of the Day on September 24, 2026

Galantir

A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.

Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.

Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026

Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.

DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.

murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021

Word of the Day on September 22, 2026

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

Word of the Day on September 21, 2026

Concrete cowboy

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.

Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

Word of the Day on September 20, 2026

hobo loko

any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear

hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh

hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

Word of the Day on September 19, 2026