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GGG

GGG stands for "good, giving, and game," a standard for being an attentive, generous partner, coined by columnist Dan Savage.

GGG is an acronym coined by sex-advice columnist Dan Savage in his long-running "Savage Love" column, first appearing in a January 2004 installment after readers had misread an earlier column urging people to be "good, giving, and game" for their partners. The three components describe distinct qualities: "good" means being skilled and attentive during sex; "giving" means devoting real time and effort to a partner's pleasure, not only one's own; and "game" means being willing to try new things a partner is interested in, within the bounds of the person's own limits and comfort, captured in Savage's frequently repeated qualifier "for anything, within reason." GGG was coined as a standard for how to approach a partner's sexual needs generously and without judgment, rather than as a description of any specific act or kink. The term has since become common shorthand in dating-app bios and profiles, particularly among Savage's readers and in broader sex-positive dating culture, where being described as "GGG" signals an attentive, low-drama, enthusiastic sexual partner. It is frequently invoked as a reciprocal standard: naming it in a bio is both a claim about oneself and an implicit expectation of the same from a partner.

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