G-Man (slang) G-Man (slang) G-Man (short for "Government Man") is an American slang term for special agents of the United States Government. It is specifically used as a term for a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent. "G-Man" is also a term used for members of G Division, essentially a British anti-rebel police unit operating out of Dublin Castle prior to Irish Independence in 1922. Colonel Ned Broy uses the term in his official testimony for the Irish Army's Bureau of Military History in their archive of the Easter Rising (1916) and the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921). According to the "Merriam-Webster
G-Man (Half-Life) reports, and the apparent age and physical status of the G-Man does not seem to change in the time that passes between "Half-Life" and "Half-Life 2" (which, according to the "Episode One" website, is nearly twenty years). The G-Man exudes a calm, almost uninterested demeanor – in situations in which other humans panic and flee, the G-Man can be seen calmly straightening his tie or brushing his suit lapels with his hand. When working on the G-Man in "Half-Life 2", animator Doug Wood stated, "I wanted the player to never quite know what side the G-Man was on. I would