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For what stands GIG??

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:04 pm
by backlit0001
hi everybody,
I got one question - I hope someone can answer this.
I search everywhere but cant find the meaning of the GIG -
Ghost in the Shell S.A.C (Stand Alone C...) GIG

For what stands GIG????

Hopefully someone can answer this question.

see ya

Backlit

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:56 pm
by Elmo_Redux
I can't remember the programme makers ever giving an explaination of why it's called a 'gig', but it could be either a reference to a 'gigabyte' or the slang word 'gig' which just means a job(normally a job playing music, but it's meaning has expanded to describe any job).

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:05 pm
by Epiphany
I think the word GIG is used the way its used in music

Just refers to a second show :?

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:52 am
by backlit0001
Epiphany wrote:I think the word GIG is used the way its used in music
what do u mean like in music?

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:58 am
by Epiphany
A GIG in music slang terms refers to a show

Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:08 am
by backlit0001
okay now i got it with the music :)
i cant believe that there is no meaning in the "GIG"

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 2:00 pm
by Freitag
backlit0001 wrote:okay now i got it with the music :)
i cant believe that there is no meaning in the "GIG"
I think we were going after this interpretation - it does have a meaning: " Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG" => " Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd Job"

They spelled it with ALL CAPS which is irregular, so maybe they are taking advantage of the ambiguity between the word meaning "job" (like gig economy) and gigabyte. There is also the US country term gig for a type of hunting of amphibians. A gig in this sense is both the act of hunting and the tool used for it.




Also this is the English name of it, what was the original Japanese name?
Oh they use English for it...
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%94%BB%E6%AE%BB%E6%A9%9F%E5%8B%95%E9%9A%8A_S.A.C._2nd_GIG

Meh, special characters do not render. Click link to see them. Japanese Wikipedia entry.