[E-Q&A] Re: [SOC] Easter Monday

Tue Apr 13 15:20:06 2004

Current usage isn't nearly so negative.

It's a mild (and fairly friendly) form of abuse. If my best friend did
something silly, I'd call him a "stupid git". And he'd probably buy me a
pint.

P :-)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Nielsen" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: [E-Q&A] Re: [SOC] Easter Monday

Among other definitions from my dictionary software:

>From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  git
      n : a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;
          "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the
          bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call
          a contemptible person a it'" [syn: {rotter}, {dirty
          dog}, {rat}, {skunk}, {stinker}, {stinkpot}, {bum},
          {puke}, {crumb}, {lowlife}, {scum bag}, {so-and-so}]
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