Meanings
giss1
- pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of guess.
GISs2
- pluralplural of GIS
GISS3
GISS4
alternative Giss
- abbreviationacronymAcronym of Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
The work will, for now, continue in a different, disparate form. “It’s doable but it is disruptive,” said Kate Marvel, a climate scientist at GISS.
2025 May 21, Oliver Milman, “Godfather of climate science decries Trump plan to shut Nasa lab above Seinfeld diner: ‘It’s crazy’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 Jul 20251 more example
A NASA spokesperson said in a statement “employees would be placed on temporary remote work agreements while NASA seeks and evaluates options for a new space for the GISS team.”
2025 April 24, Andrew Freedman, “Trump administration cancels top NASA climate lab’s lease at Columbia University”, in CNN, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2025
Giss5
- Alternative letter-case form of GISS.
“Ours is not to reason why,” said Gavin Schmidt, the current Giss director who noted the lab was only recently renovated at a cost of several million dollars.
2025 May 21, Oliver Milman, “Godfather of climate science decries Trump plan to shut Nasa lab above Seinfeld diner: ‘It’s crazy’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2025
Origin
Variant of jizz as though originating from initialism of general impression size and shape (a popular folk etymology).
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giss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giss
“giss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giss. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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