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by PrettyPirate on May 24th, 2007
Did someone call you a git, Glenn? How rude.
Generally, "git" is just another term for "idiot", "wanker", "jerk", etc, etc.
Example: "Sod off, you great git".
Translation: "Please go away, you are bothering me and I do not think highly of you".
by Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today on May 24th, 2007
I thought it meant that people who's names that start with G were to get stuffed.
Just kidding. Jeez...
That's why Larry the Cable guy says Git 'er Done.
by lady fuschia on June 9th, 2007
It's a mild insult somewhere stronger than "idiot" but a lot less coarse than "w**nker".
Mostly it's directed at someone who is being obnoxious, or who's just got away with something by the skin of their teeth, or who got a lucky break they probably didn't deserve (commonly heard: "cheeky git", "smug git", "lucky git")- to me it generally suggests an irritating smugness.
by Halskiisaklink on June 9th, 2007
They think you're a lawyer.
by Carnivalius on July 8th, 2007
I think the dictionary definition is someone who is contemptible. I use it quite a bit so I'm glad I'm using it right.
by ILoveLois on March 14th, 2009
It's a very non-specific kind of insult, it means kind of 'generally contemptible person'.
by PocketNut is as sure as a peanut on March 14th, 2009
One explanation I heard for the origin of the word 'git', was that it is the term used to describe a pregnant goldfish, how true this is I'm not sure!
Other good ones are 'pillock' and 'wazzock' (which alledgedly springs from the Maori word 'wazook', describing someone who spits gum onto the ground), generally used on idiots as in "you dozy pillock" "you stupid wazzock".
by Schonberg on March 14th, 2009
It means a worthless,contemptible, useless,or foolish person.There is also an expression called Jammy Git, and this means the person above has got lucky and won something.
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No, no one called me that. I have just heard it used as an insult in some British programs and in the Harry Potter books. However, I was unable to find a definition of the word. Thanks.
by Glenn Blaylock on May 25th, 2007
You have read the Harry Potter books? Wow. That is really cool. You're welcome :)
by PrettyPirate on May 25th, 2007
He got the entire family hooked on them, Pirate. :-)
by Seanette on October 14th, 2007
yeah it's a mild insult,what british t.v shows do you watch
by BOOZE HOUND... nothing is nonsence on April 19th, 2009
It was a frequent insult on a show called "Red Dwarf" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094535/).
by Glenn Blaylock on April 19th, 2009