git vs stinkpot what difference
what is difference between git and stinkpot
English
Alternative forms
- get
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ɡɪt/
- Rhymes: -ɪt
- Homophone: ghit (one pronunciation)
Etymology 1
From Middle English get (“[illegitimate] offspring”). A southern variant of Scots get (“illegitimate child, brat”), related to beget.
Noun
git (plural gits)
- (Britain, slang, derogatory) A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying, or childish person (usually a man).
- 2000 December 18, BBC and Bafta Tribute to Michael Caine, 16:43–17:05:
- 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:
Usage notes
- Git is usually used as an insult, more severe than twit but less severe than a true profanity like wanker or arsehole, and may often be used affectionately between friends. Get can also be used, with a subtle change of meaning. “You cheeky get!” is slightly less harsh than “You cheeky git!”.
- Git is frequently used in conjunction with another word to achieve a more specific meaning. For instance a “smarmy git” refers to a person of a slimy, ingratiating disposition; a “jammy git” would be a person with undeserved luck. The phrase “grumpy old git”, denoting a cantankerous old man, is used with particular frequency.
- In parts of northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland, get is still used in preference to git. In the Republic of Ireland, get, rather than git is used.
- The word has been ruled by the Speaker of the House of Commons to be unparliamentary language.
Translations
Verb
git (third-person singular simple present gitting, present participle got, simple past and past participle gotten)
- (Appalachia, Southern US, African-American Vernacular) To get, begone.
- (Appalachia, Southern US, African-American Vernacular) To get (leave; scram; begone).
Etymology 2
Noun
git (plural gits)
- Alternative form of geat (channel in metal casting)
See also
- git gud
References
Anagrams
- GTi, IGT, TIG, tig
Dutch
Etymology
From French jet, or directly from Latin gagātēs after Ancient Greek Γαγάτης (Gagátēs), from Γάγας (Gágas, “a town and river in Lycia”).
Pronunciation
Noun
git n or f (plural gitten, diminutive gitje n)
- (neuter) lignite
- (neuter) jet (black, gemstone-like geological material)
- (masculine) a stone made of this material
Derived terms
- gitzwart (jet-black, the blackest black)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒi/
Verb
git
- Post-1990 spelling of gît. (third-person singular present indicative of gésir)
Latin
Etymology
Compare Hebrew גַּד (gad)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
git n (indeclinable)
- A plant (Nigella sativa), variously named black cumin, Roman coriander, or melanthion.
References
- git in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- git in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *jit, from Proto-Germanic *jut. Cognate with North Frisian jat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jit/
Pronoun
ġit
- you two (nominative dual form of þū)
Related terms
- incit
- inc
- incer
Descendants
- Middle English: ȝit, ȝitt, ȝet
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *jit, from Proto-Germanic *jut, remodeled in Proto-Northwest Germanic to *jit by analogy with *wit.
Pronoun
git
- You two; nominative dual of thū
Declension
Polish
Etymology
From Yiddish גוט (gut), from Old High German guot, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʲit/
Interjection
git
- (colloquial) excellent!
Adjective
git
- (colloquial) just right
Declension
Indeclinable.
Further reading
- git in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- git in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡit/
- Hyphenation: git
Verb
git
- second-person singular imperative of gitmek
Antonyms
- gitme
- gel
Vilamovian
Noun
git f
- goodness
Volapük
Noun
git (nominative plural gits)
- law (body of binding rules and regulations, customs and standards)
Declension
Derived terms
- gitav (“jurisprudence”)
- gitavan (“jurist”)
- gitavik (“juristic”)
- gitäd (“judiciary”)
- gität (“right”)
- gitätön (“have the right”)
- gitik (“juridicial”)
- gitod (“justification”)
- gitöf (“legitimacy”)
- gitöfik (“legitimate”)
English
Wikispecies
Wikispecies
Etymology
stink + pot
Pronunciation
Noun
stinkpot (plural stinkpots)
- An annoying, bad or undesirable person.
- The common musk turtle, a species of turtle from southeastern Canada, Sternotherus odoratus.
- The southern giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus.
- (nautical, slang) A motorboat.
- (military, historical) A stinkball.