govmnt

English

Noun

govmnt (plural govmnts)

Abbreviation of government.
- 1992 September 17, MARTIN FOX, “French & EC”, in bit.listserv.politics‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-03:
  Yes, Corruption can take place in a unified "Big" Govmt. But that's not ness.^{[sic – meaning necessarily]} the case -- corruption can and does take place in all govmnts.
- 1996 October 23, Dublin 1, “Disgusting judging decisions”, in rec.sport.boxing‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-03:
  They think the govmnt will solve their problems, but they never admit that the govmnt is the cause of their problems.
- 1997 February 12, Trish, “Anti-Spanking Law/Canadian-Chinese Connection”, in soc.rights.human‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-03:
  Adding one more law to the books does nothing in reality for the welfare of kids, yet it is a feel good and fuzzy measure for all the " risk free society" folks and those who are ready, willing and able to turn their entire lives over to the govmnt.
- 2001 May 10, sclark, “Government study”, in rec.arts.bonsai‎^[4] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-03:
  A recent govmnt study has found that bonsai and it's^{[sic – meaning its]} related activities have cost the economy over 2 trillion dollars over the last 10 years!
- 2005 October 19, Ian Kenefick, “SpySubtract Vs. SpyDoctor”, in alt.privacy.spyware‎^[5] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-03:
  Seriously, we are still in the soft-cold war period, and USA government/military doesn't trust Russian technologies/products, and vise versa^{[sic – meaning vice versa]} - Russian govmnt doesn't trust USA... I think that will be changed sooner of^{[sic – meaning or]} later. Can you imagine that West European govmnt could use Russian software 10 years ago? Definitely not. Now it's changed - and we have even military customers in West Europe.