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by dcminter·17y ago·view on hn ↗
Possibly a stupid question, but what does "guernsey" mean in this context? Other than the island I've not encountered the term.
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Ah, ok, seems to mean "Wins approval" http://www.willyourememberme.com/australia/austslang.html
In northeastern CT, it means a type of cow[1], which made the headline humorous.

Mildly funny story: my grandma once said at a family gathering, telling a story of somebody in the hospital, "then they wheeled him off on a guernsey", which everyone thought was pretty hilarious.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernsey_cattle