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git¹
- /ɡɪt/ US, UK
Sounds like ghit (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English get (“[illegitimate] offspring”). A southern variant of Scots get (“illegitimate child, brat”), related to beget.
noun gits · get
- A silly, incompetent, stupid, or annoying person (usually a man). Although I'm so tired, I'll have another cigarette / And curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git
Similar: arsehole, ass, assface, asshat, asshole, asswipe, bastard, bitch, blackguard, blaggard, buttlicker, buttmunch, carrion, cockhead, cocklicker, cocksucker, cowson, crud, cunt, dick, dickhead, dickwad, dickweed, dipshit, douche, douchebag, douchecanoe, douchewagon, earthworm, fribble
git²
- /ɡɪt/ US, UK
Sounds like ghit (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ɪt
verb gits · gitting · got · gotten · get
- Pronunciation spelling of get She say fust git a dime’s wuth of potatoes; den she say ‘No, git ten cents wuth of beans,’ den she change her min’ agin an’ say git a dime’s wuth of cabbages, an’ suh, when I brung them cabbages home, I’ll be dinged if she didn’t go an’ bang me on the haid with a coolin’ iron fo’ not gittin’ a quata
interjection get
- Shoot! go away! (used to usher something away, chiefly towards an animal)
git³
- /ɡɪt/ US, UK
Sounds like ghit (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ɪt
noun gits · get
- Alternative form of geat (“a channel in metal casting”)
Similar: arsehole, ass, assface, asshat, asshole, asswipe, bastard, bitch, blackguard, blaggard, buttlicker, buttmunch, carrion, cockhead, cocklicker, cocksucker, cowson, crud, cunt, dick, dickhead, dickwad, dickweed, dipshit, douche, douchebag, douchecanoe, douchewagon, earthworm, fribble
git⁴
- /ɡɪt/ US, UK
Sounds like ghit (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ɪt
Where it comes from
Likely chosen for its shortness and pronounceability, but various other explanations and backronyms were offered after its introduction.
proper noun get
- Alternative letter-case form of Git, a distributed VCS.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: slob, show-off, twat, scram, beginning, boring, gate, blubber, lard, tig, bacon, gti, jet, ert, sae, imt
noun
Similar: arsehole, ass, assface, asshat, asshole, asswipe, bastard, bitch, blackguard, blaggard, buttlicker, buttmunch, carrion, cockhead, cocklicker, cocksucker, cowson, crud, cunt, dick, dickhead, dickwad, dickweed, dipshit, douche, douchebag, douchecanoe, douchewagon, earthworm, fribble
noun
Similar: arsehole, ass, assface, asshat, asshole, asswipe, bastard, bitch, blackguard, blaggard, buttlicker, buttmunch, carrion, cockhead, cocklicker, cocksucker, cowson, crud, cunt, dick, dickhead, dickwad, dickweed, dipshit, douche, douchebag, douchecanoe, douchewagon, earthworm, fribble
Translations
Talk about this word "git." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/git. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. git. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/git "git." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/git.Cite this
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title = {git},
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year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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