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G’wan is the contraction word for go on and.
Jefferson: You g’wan run back where you come from
Hamilton: HaHa, no
g’wan by The Secretary Bird October 27, 2020
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Irish slang for 'go on!'.

Used as an expression of enthusiasm.
Mrs Doyle ''Ahh, g'wan! G'wan, g'wan, g'wan g'wan!!''
G'wan by MonkeySwans March 8, 2012

whut'a'g'wan 

Of Jamacian-English patois derivation, a contraction of the question 'What's going on?'
'whut'a'g'wan star, ya gunna hit up da spot tanite?'
whut'a'g'wan by whiskymack July 1, 2004

wha g'wan 

Used by Little Jacob (Jamaican character?) in GTA IV, it means what's going on.
wha g'wan by Aussiefx January 5, 2010
Its a urban word for ' go on'.
For eg: G'wan then, make me some toast... IE. Do it for me
G'wan by Lilcozwoz December 6, 2019

G'wan, b'y 

Atlantic-Canadian slang phrase used very commonly in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, translates word-for-word as: "go on, boy!" and is commonly used as a term of disbelief, as in "No, really?".
East-Coast Canadians also spell it as "Gowan b'y" in text form.
"Dere gon' be a flood!"
"Ah g'wan, b'y"
G'wan, b'y by Tigerzeye December 7, 2022