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1960s expression slang among Mods for taking time effort & money to get dressed up to look your best.
Mods a 1960s youth subculture who embraced Modern Jazz & Modern style of dress especially sharp well tailored sartorial looks eg tightly cut mohair suits, short dresses & bobbed hair for girls. Mods were working class youth who embraced style as weapon against their assigned place in society, a rebellion of upward aspiration to outdo middle classes less clued up about style. Lambretta & Vespa scooters subverted & customized as a 'weapon' of expression & identity too, as motorcycles greasy & unsuitable for smart clothes. Pitched battles took place Mods & Rockers/Greasers in 1960s seafront bank holiday rallies. The subculture existed from 1963-1969 then again in revival 1977-82, & remains a style even today. Music included The Who, Small Faces & Tamla Motown, & in 70s manifestation The Jam The Chords & Secret Affair.
Wide use as an expression in 1960s, these days in daily use generally confined to those who work in rag trade (often ethnic minority) especially tailors, retail fashion, or Mod culture itself
"To get dressed, something that could take a very long time indeed, especially when you remember the lengths your average mod would go to in order to get their clothes ready for wear. That thing about sitting in a bath wearing a pair of Levi’s to shrink them down to a skin-tight fit, that must’ve taken DAYS." Fraser McAlpine of BBC America
"Gab Up darlin' we're going to The 100 Club tonight"
"I'm not gettin' all gabbed up if we're not going anywhere"
"I quite fancy a day at the races mate come all let's gab up and go to Doncaster for the Leger"
"omg have you seen zhino (gab) play minecraft?!"
"no who da hell is that???"
"UR MOM"
Gab-bing
"Gabbing" (non-formal) is the verb that comes from the acronym "Gab" (giggled a bit).
This verb is used mostly in text when someone sends you something that's funny but doesn't get to the point where you start laughing, so you just giggle a bit (gab), therefore you start gabbing.
-I caught Joana off guard yesterday.
-Oh really? What was she doing?
-She was watching a "How to look skinny in photos" tutorial. I started gabbing instantly.
when you annoy someone so much they permanently remove your letter from the name
Person 1: Why did you embarrass me in front of everyone?! You know how your name is Jerry, I will gab your name. Fuck you Jerr.
Jerr: Please stop gabbing me! I need my y back!
The act of misspelling reading and pronouncing a word in the Oxford and Urban dictionary incorrectly.
Dang Bro quit Gabbing!
You can't spell for shit you gabbing.
The ability to lure children into one's dungeon.
Wtaf, George. You have the gift of the gab. I thought I told you that 5 kids in your basement was enough!
A person who replies to messages using either the animated or static GIF format
"He replies with an appropriate GIF for almost every message that I send. He's got the GIF of the gab."