Etymology From Middle English get (“[illegitimate] offspring”). A southern variant of Scots get (“illegitimate child, brat”), related to beget.
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Ireland, UK, Derogatory, Slang 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 git1968, “I'm So Tired”, in John Lennon (lyrics), The Beatles, performed by the Beatles:
Bit of a flash git, don't you think?1990, House of Cards, season 1, episode 1:
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Parkinson: You made films before, but the part that really made your name was Zulu, wasn't it […] and there of course—against type—you played the toff, you played the officer. Caine: I played the officer, yeah, and everybody thought I was like that. Everyone was so shocked when they met me, this like Cockney guy had played this toffee-nosed git.2000 December 18, BBC and Bafta Tribute to Michael Caine, 16:43-17:05:
Eventually God gives the donkey a voice and it says, "why're you beating me you great stupid git? It's the angel with the sword that you gotta be careful of," or words to that effect.2007, Greg Weston, The Man Upstairs, →ISBN, page 124:
Here we see the common domestic goose, Anser cygnoides domesticus. Found across the British countryside, it is known for its distinctive call; proud, majestic stature; and for being an all-round inconsiderate little git!2019, The Stupendium, “What a Fowl Day”:
I'm not being a miserable old git here. I like a laugh as much as anyone, [...].2020 December 16, Christian Wolmar, “Coverage of little-used stations does the railway no favours”, in RAIL, page 45:
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 quatah’s wuth of livah!1920 February 15, Wat Tell, “Cabbages and Kings”, in The Wichita Sunday Eagle, volume LXIX, number 69, Wichita, Kan., →OCLC, page 11, column 5: