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

[Tim H.]

I believe it started with "get" as a reference to descendant, as in "beget" or past tense "begat" as in "joe begat sam" which would make it a term similar to "punk" in pre-punk-rock american.  Or like "stupid kid", anyway, I am not sure it is negative or demeaning enough to apply in this case :-)

And Pete, I went and looked at this auction, with all the flashing graphics, and "BUY THIS NoW" in the location field, what were you thinking?!?

Tim

On Mon, 3 Jun 2002 15:15:32 -0400
Joshua D Boyd <jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu> wrote:

> 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.
> 
> -- 
> Joshua D. Boyd
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