git.
A silly, incompetent, stupid, or annoying person (usually a man).
Meaning & usage
A silly, incompetent, stupid, or annoying person (usually a man).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English get (“[illegitimate] offspring”). A southern variant of Scots get (“illegitimate child, brat”), related to beget.
Shoot! go away! (used to usher something away, chiefly towards an animal)
Pronunciation spelling of get.
Alternative form of geat (“a channel in metal casting”)
Alternative letter-case form of Git, a distributed VCS.
Where this word comes from
Likely chosen for its shortness and pronounceability, but various other explanations and backronyms were offered after its introduction.
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