GSH

What Does GSH Mean in a Text?

The Growing Glossary of Dating Slang

If you're new to online dating, then I'm afraid there is whole new language with well over 250 terms for you to learn.

Particularly since the rise of the iKids, people have been far more open about their sexual preferences and desires, and this has generated a long glossary of new dating terms. Many sexual preferences are still abbreviated on dating sites, presumably with the idea that those who do not understand the term do not need to know it. That thinking does not help newcomers though. Here is the term you're looking for:

GSH (Good Sense of Humour) is used by people on dating sites to describe themselves as witty and entertaining.

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GSH is used as an alternative to GSOH to differentiate it from "Good Salary, Own Home," which has become an alternative meaning for GSOH. Experienced online daters will tell you that a claim of a GSH gives no clue to a person's ability to be witty or to entertain as most people believe themselves to have a good sense of humor/humour. Of interest, dating sites are full of specialist abbreviations, which originate from a time when personal ads featured in local newspapers and users were charged by the word. (A term like GSH would incur a fee for just one word as opposed to four words.)

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When I write GSH, I mean this:

Summary of Key Points

We have summarized the key points in the table below:

GSH
Definition:	Good Sense of Humor/Humour
Type:	Abbreviation
Guessability:	2: Quite easy to guess
Typical Users:	Adults and Teenagers

Examples of GSH in Sentences

Here is an example of GSH in a sentence:

Fit male 35 with GSH seeks lady 30-35 for fun.

An Academic Look at GSH

GSH is typically seen as an entry in list of personal attributes. When used in a full sentence, GSH is used like a noun. Of note, GSOH is an initialism abbreviation. This means it is pronounced using its individual letters (i.e., Gee Ess Aich). (Initialisms contrast with acronyms, which are spoken like words.)