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DictionarygitFoolish or contemptible person
noun

git

GIT/ɡɪt/

A foolish or contemptible person.

The British character calls his rude neighbor a git.

An unpleasant person knocks over a shared game, laughs at the mess, and ignores the upset players, making foolish and disagreeable behavior visible.
Etymology
gitScotsillegitimate child; brat

Scots get meant an illegitimate child or brat, connected with beget through the idea of “what is got.” That insulting child-label broadened into a general insult for a foolish or unpleasant person.

In context

Scotland History Tours presenter2:13
and as a young man I discovered he was a bit of a git really.
Andrew Carnegie Was a Bit of a Git Wasn't He?
Furious Molecules presenter80:07
Stupid git. Everyone thinks he's so great.
Harry Potter And The Ten Years Later - The Complete Series

More examples

  • She objected to being called a git.
  • The dialogue described them as gits.
  • He used git as an insult.

Forms

git · gits

Similar words

jerk
A common US insult for an unpleasant person.
fool
Emphasizes poor judgment rather than contemptibility.