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Article #1517Re: "Git"
From: D.J. Miller
Date: Wed, 03 May 1995 00:00
Date: Wed, 03 May 1995 00:00
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> >> Get a clue, you git. > > > >Er, you mean grit? > > > He means "git." Or he could. "Git" is a term of British origin (I think) > meaning "twit" or "fool." I don't know where Ed Green picked it up, but > I heard it during my hours spent watching "Monty Python's Flying Circus." I think he suggested "grit" instead of "git" b/c we were talking about southern restaurants. Sort of. I don't know. That's what I thought when I saw it, and I laughed. > Ed Hughes, SAS Institute | "See no evil...well, maybe just a little...yeah!" > Cary, NC | --Joel, "Women of the Prehistoric Planet," > | MST3000 (Good movie, MSTed!) +-----------------+------------------------------------------+--------+ | YitB (WA), D.J. | You can tell by the way I use my walk, | o/ | | \/ /\ | I'm a woman's man, | /\ | | /\ /__\ '95.5 | No time to talk. | /> | +-----------------+------------------------------------------+--------+
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