AG

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ag"

Translingual

Symbol

AG

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Antigua and Barbuda.

   Synonym: ATG (alpha-3)

Anagrams

• GA

English

Proper noun

AG (uncountable)

1. Initialism of American Girl.
   • 2002, Carolina Acosta-Alzuru, Peggy J. Kreshel, ““I’m an American Girl . . . Whatever That Means”: Girls Consuming Pleasant Company’s American Girl Identity”, in Journal of Communication, volume 52, number 1, International Communication Association, →DOI, →ISSN, page 140:

     Triggered by the AG collection of dolls, books, and accessories, this cultural phenomenon is changing the way girls conceptualize America and themselves

   • 2012 December 23, Dodai Stewart, “The Weird and Amazing World of American Girl Doll Music Videos”, in Jezebel‎^[1], archived from the original on 14 April 2013:

     There are more than eighty thousand different kinds of American Girl Doll videos on YouTube. A smattering are just AG enthusiasts showing off their collections.

   • 2020 December 3, Amelia Merrill, quoting Dizzi Ford, “The Renegade DIYers Demanding Dolls as Diverse as They Are”, in Narratively‎^[2], archived from the original on 1 October 2023:

     When it comes down to everything, I really think AG does not represent the Black community, and they do not represent the queer community.

Derived terms

• AGTube
• AGTuber

Noun

AG (countable and uncountable, plural AGs)

1. Initialism of Attorney General.
   • 2025 May 8, Hannah Fierick and Shane Galvin, “AG Letitia James heckled over mortgage fraud case at town hall: ‘Apologize to Donald Trump’”, in New York Post‎^[3]:

     Despite James’ cool display, she is feeling the heat from the Trump Department of Justice, which opened a criminal investigation into the AG after receiving a complaint from the Federal Housing Finance Agency last month.

2. Initialism of Auditor General.
3. (aviation, uncountable) Abbreviation of agricultural aviation.
4. (US, LGBTQ, Black lesbian slang) An aggressive (a butch woman, especially a Black butch woman); an aggressive girl.
   • 2004, Penny Mickelbury, Darkness Descending, Kings Crossing Publishing, →ISBN, page 130:

     Cross-dressers in full bloom sang and danced beside Doms and AGs, butches and femmes joined arms with gay men and lesbians - all of them their own rainbow of Black, white, Latino, Asian.

   • 2010 January 8, Matt Bernstein Sycamore, Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity, Seal Press, →ISBN:

     But I still cannot pretend that transgender in general does not continue to fail me when it does not fulfill its promise of butch inclusion. It fails all butches, AGs/aggressives, and studs who find themselves facing the same issues of […]

   • 2015 October 22, So Mayer, Political Animals: The New Feminist Cinema, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 141:

     The opening club scene, in which AGs (aggressives/butches) flirt with femme performers is a compelling rush: you are right there.

   • 2019, Ben Burgess Jr., Wounded:

     Our group had the attention of every stud, AG (aggressive girl), femme, and butch in the place. A stud sporting a Mohawk and lip ring approached us. Her eyes were as black as her skin.

   • 2019 March 12, Ana-Maurine Lara, Sum of Parts, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 85:

     Acknowledgements I want to first thank all of the butches, bois, studs, AGs, bulldaggers, punks and trans mens who have been part of my world for the last twenty-something years. Thank you for our collective vulnerability and always […]

Alternative forms

• (attorney-general): A.G., A. G., A-G, A.-G.
• (auditor-general): A.G., A. G., A-G, A.-G.
• (agricultural aviation): A.G., A. G., AG., Ag., Ag
• (butch): A.G., ag

Coordinate terms

• (aviation): GA (general aviation)

Anagrams

• G&A, GA, Ga, Ga.

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

AG m (plural AG)

1. initialism of Arbeitgeber
2. initialism of Auftraggeber

Noun

AG f (plural AG)

1. initialism of Aktiengesellschaft (corporation)
2. initialism of Arbeitsgemeinschaft

Noun

AG n (plural AG)

1. initialism of Amtsgericht

Proper noun

AG

1. ISO 3166-2:CH code of Aargau (canton)

Romanian

Proper noun

AG

1. abbreviation of Argeș: a county of Romania

Spanish

Proper noun

AG ?

1. abbreviation of Aguascalientes: a state of Mexico