GUS

Created by Unknown User (crk4), last modified by Unknown User (vas3) on Apr 28, 2015

'’Noun’’ The CAS owned convenience store on University Drive - an acronym for "Geneseo University Store."; "Let’s go to ‘‘GUS’’ and buy some subs and something to drink." Results: This is a new word to the Geneseo Dictionary since the store was opened in the Fall of ‘98. Twenty people surveyed, and 40% of them knew the word but 63% ofo these people needed assistance in the form of a sentence or definition. Conclusion: This word is local to Geneseo and its use is very limited.Source: Dictionary of Geneseo English, Spring 1999 - KocherOf those surveyed in 2008, 70.5% knew the word, and of those, 93.5% learned it in Geneseo.Talbot, 2008 As of 2012, 10% of students surveyed knew this word, 10% believed it is of local origin.(Felice, G-M, 2012)As of 2015 0% of Geneseo students surveyed were familiar with the term. Of those surveyed 0% believed it to be of local origin.(Sigl, G-M, 2015)

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I think it’s important to note that since GUS was replaced by Fusion Market last year, this term can be expected to fall out of use within the next few years.

Posted by cam37 at Nov 21, 2012 17:05

We noticed that the trend of this word no longer being in use is still appearant, since the store closed down. Of the people we surveyed only 3% of people had heard of the word. Nobody could describe what the word meant. Posted by cjs33 on Dec 2, 2024

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