grief

n 1: intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by

death) [syn: {heartache}, {heartbreak}, {brokenheartedness}]

2: something that causes great unhappiness; "her death was a

great grief to John" [syn: {sorrow}]

grilf

Girl-friend.

Like {newsfroup} and {filk}, a typo incarnated as a new word.

Seems to have originated sometime in 1992.

[{Jargon File}]

(1995-01-31)