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gtbos - abbrev. "glad to be of service"; i.e. "I am pleased that the services I have performed for you were in some way beneficial to you." May often be used in a sarcastic sense.

The abbreviation may be written entirely in capitals ("GTBOS") or entirely in lowercase ("gtbos"). Compromises such as "GtboS" are considered by most practitioners to be unacceptable.

While most GTBOSologists will agree that this term ought not to be used in its abbreviated form in spoken discourse, attitudes towards this term are gradually becoming liberalized, and more modern academicians (known to most as neo-GTBOSicians) are willing to accept its use as part of oral vernacular, but only if articulated letter-by-letter (i.e. "jee-tee-bee-oh-ess"). All GTBOSological experts will agree that it is improper to speak this abbreviation as a word in its own right (i.e. "gitboss" or "jetboss").
JohnQPublicOnline: "hey tim, thx for taking over my shift. i rly appreciate it."

TimTheInternetGuy: "no problem, john. gtbos. :)"

John Q. Public: "What the flying fuck, Tim? You just wrecked my car!"
Tim, sarcastically: "GTBOS, mate!"
John Q. Public: "Go die in a fire, you worthless bastard."
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Prison lingo. Acronym for 'Game Ain't Based on Sympathy,' first heard in the Louis Theroux documentary 'Miami Mega Jail.'
Louis: Don't... don't you feel sympathy for that person? For that other inmate you extorted?
Inmate: GABOS, man... GABOS.
GABOS by KRA_ October 23, 2011
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gbas gbos 

A phrase used by Nigerians to describe a war of words.
Speaker 1: Women are weak humans.

Speaker 2: A condom would have prevented this.

Gbas gbos between two speakers, with speaker one giving the gbas and speaker 2 giving the corresponding gbos.
gbas gbos by Supercoolmoh January 2, 2020
Stands for: Game Ain't Based on Sympathy
The name of the game is GABOS because game ain't based on sympathy.
GABOS by Gonzalez7 October 30, 2011
Game Ain't Based On Sympathy.
GABOS.
GABOS by AhBeng October 31, 2011
Acronym; Gayer than bag of dicks, normally stylized as gayer than a bag of dicks.
"Your Hyundai is GTBOD, man."
GTBOD by Proffessor Largepenis September 18, 2011
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