Associations to the word «Gish»

Wiktionary

GISH, noun. (role-playing games) A magician, or character that is skilled in both physical combat and the use of magic. Most gish characters use their magical abilities to increase their own personal combat abilities (known as "buffing").
GISH, noun. (slang) An outsider.
GISH GALLOP, noun. A rhetorical technique in which a dishonest speaker lists a string of falsehoods or misleading items so that their opponent will be unable to counter each one and still be able to make their own counterpoints

Dictionary definition

GISH, noun. United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993).

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke