While we're on the topic, y'all know that loosen and unloosen mean the same thing, right?
Just like peel and unpeel.
and flammable and inflammable. oh god who remembers that simpsons episode? :D
Dr. Nick Riviera: "Inflammable means flammable? Ugh, what a country!"
[Edit: No points for second place.]
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and that is indeed annoying.. i drop my queen then i see.. "gg"
wow? really? am i supposed to jump out of my seat squeeling and saying that it was a good game? no, i would get pissed off cause when someone says gg after i drop my queen, they just piss me off.
gg after dropping queen? how horrible, that hasn't happened to me yet, but I'd get mad if that came from a stranger. If it was from a friend I'd probably smack them, but find it funny.
Based on reading all the posts.....I can see how simply saying gg at the wrong time could be considered poor sportsman ship. I hadn't thought of it before. I simply typed it to acknowledge the other player.
However, I would think all parties could be considered correct if we were to agree that gg in lower caps carried the best of meanings and all good intentions, thanking one's opponent for the game, their time, and the fact win or lose they showed up to play. YET, if we wanted to convey killaninja's meaning we could use CAPS and Type GG. (the L would be optional). Just a suggestion...
I think it is more polite to spell out "Good game" than to type the simple "gg." What offends me about "gg" is its perfunctoriness and its minimum of effort. When I wish to acknowledge my opponent, I feel I owe him more than a twitch of the finger.
Who cares, whether it is 'gg' or 'FU'. End of the day, its a just a game. If you take defeat so seriously then I say you are owned by your own arrogance. It is simple. Its how you look at it. Is the glass half full or half empty?
arrogance. i should spell it out: a-r-r-o-g-a-n-c-e
Considering your posts, you should be careful speaking of spelling and arrogance at the same time.
So if loosen means unloosen, can we say "unloosen up" instead of "loosen up"? that would be cool.
Curiously, beat up and beat down mean roughly the same thing as well.
As George Carlin once said:
"Trees: First you chop them down, then you chop them up"
Why do you drive on the parkway but park on the driveway?
Finally someone who feels the same. I hate it so much when someone says "gg" when he has an advantage and he feels that he can't lose the game, but the game is not over yet. Sometimes I let the time run out just to get back at him :) Maybe I'm crazy, but that's me.
doesn't "gg" normally mean that someone is drawning?
GG is fine. However, if you say it like 8 moves before checkmate it is rude. I did that once, I felt like such a tool. But GG is polite, I like it when people say that.
..so gg can be used not only to be arrogant but also obnoxious. I'll write that down.
Some games are a bit dull, others are very complex. For the complex, interesting ones I usually write gg, no matter if I win or loose. And I am sorry if I have been misintrperated when winning a good game. I will step very carefully in the future with something like vsylbaggt = very sorry you lost, but a good game though 
actually i think its quite nice.. someone has gone to teh effort of trying their best we are not all gifted scientists (thats would be me) and neither are we all gifted chess players (that would be you) but i am glad someone has tried to play me and win or lose i liek to say gg because either i learnt something new or i just enjoyed knowing that i have learnt something before that has allowed me to triumph. from a man who used to be something like 700~800 ish when i started playing chess last year hope you al have good games gg;) ps if you are saying it as an attempt to be arrogant i must say that all teh GM's i have ever come accross are far from arrogant. you know it was quite nice having this little chat.. with myself more than anything..
It is amazing how long this thread has become. Arrogance? Hmmm...I think that if anyone challenges me to a game or accepts my challenge to a game...they are being arrogant...assuming that they could stand a chance in a game with me? Ha! Or wait...maybe I am arrogant? Maybe chess is about arrogance, so "gg" is sort of irrelevant in light of the bigger picture. I just say "gg" out of customary respect and sportsmanship and all that. Just playing the game is arrogant. gg