[geeks] Well, even more eBay goodness...

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 08:13:30PM +0100, Mike Meredith wrote:
> On Monday 03 June 2002 19:54, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 01:45:52PM -0500, Amy wrote:
> > > gits like this one never learn the easy way, mike :)
> >
> > And what exactly does "git" mean anyway?
> 
>  git   Noun. An idiot or contemptible person. Although more commonly
> used, it is derived from 'get'.

How would get have been used in such a context historically then, to
lead to git refering to a person?
 
> Looks like a UKism ... I sort of knew the meaning, an International
> slang dictionary didn't, but a British one did.

I got that it was British.  It shows up all over the place in harry potter.

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Joshua D. Boyd