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Ginning - to be doing very well. Used in the Memphis, TN area. Directly related to ginning cotton.
"Wow man we be ginning."
ginning by Memphis Expert July 30, 2006
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Scientist: "No, absolutely not. You are not ginning-"

Businessman: "I'm ginning this."
Ginning by DefinitelyNotKai September 27, 2023

ginning around 

To spend too much time on simple jobs.
To make a simple job complicated.
"Neville will you stop ginning around with that label printer, it will be quicker to hand write on those envelopes"
ginning around by Spoot Spinner September 7, 2006

ginning up 

Definition 1) To create or arouse strong feelings in (someone); move or excite.
Synonyms: spur, stir up, drive, rouse, prompt, propel, prod, motivate, encourage; urge, impel; provoke, goad, prick, sting, incite, light a fire under, whip up, work up, foment, fan the flames of, trigger, spark off, precipitate, excite, provoke, incite, ignite.

Definition 2) To fabricate, invent or concoct (something), typically with deceitful intent.
Synonyms: falsify, fake, counterfeit, cook; invent, concoct, make up, dream up, invent, trump up, cook up.

Definition 3) To quickly create something where time, not careful attention to detail, is of the essence.
Definition 1 example: “If anybody tried to open a casino that might compete with Abramoff's tribal clients, Reed's job was to block it by ginning up Christian conservative opposition.”
Jay Bookman, “ADVISE REED NOT TO KEEP HOPE ALIVE.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; November 7, 2005

Definition 2 example: “{Chris Mooney} rejects the idea of even "teaching the controversy" over these issues in schools, arguing that the far right has invented the controversy itself by ginning up a kind of faux science alternative that has no solid basis.”
Gregory M. Lamb “SCIENCE AND POLITICS: A DANGEROUS MIX” Christian Science Monitor; September 27, 2005

Definition 3 example "I just don't think we're doing a service to Terri {Schiavo} by ginning up a bill and getting it out quickly in helter-skelter fashion.” Florida House Speaker Allan Bense, R-Panama City, March 9, 2005.
ginning up by bugss6 December 19, 2005

Ginning around 

Ginning around means to fuck around; waste time; looking like your busy but are actually doing fuck all; doing nothing productive
Often used to describe the Australian Indigenous
Example 1
Bob: Did you see Jake ginning around at work today?
John: Yeah, he does fuck all every day

Example 2
Jonno: All Jake does is gin around at work
Ginning around by TheOrangeLemon January 10, 2018

GINNING AROUND 

NOT STARTING, WASTING TIME-FROM THE WORD BEGINNING
REMOVE THE BE & GET GINNING-AS IN NOT TO BEGIN
GINNING AROUND by KNITTER July 13, 2011
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Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
Oblication by kimmerr May 5, 2011
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