Git is a low level insult, it may have been more insulting in
the past. Surly Gits sounds an excellent shirt I'd love one
myself. I think git became particularly popular in the 60s
when TV comedy cockney bigot - Alf Garnett constantly
referred to his liberal(ish) son-in-law as a scouse git,
scouse being Liverpudlian. I don't know much about the
derivation, perhaps Marian with her OED can help, but I do
remember being told that it is something like a female camel
in Arabic, and so presumably came back to the UK as a
colonial or WW2 import. I'd love to know the truth, and buy
the shirt, it would raise a smile from most British people.
All the best you septic gits! Colin
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