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Re:Gittip - Set up recurring tips to people who do great work. by jordanmessina on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @12:41PM (#4069380)
Git is also British slang for stupid. Like all Torvalds' software, he names it after himself :)

I think you're right. It's a good domain name and "regular" people won't pick up on the reference and won't really care regardless.

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Re:Gittip - Set up recurring tips to people who do great work. by gmac on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @01:26PM (#4069665)
Git is also British slang for stupid.

In my book, not exactly. It's more like the mildest possible term of abuse. You could generally get away with calling someone a git to their face and in front of their grandmother. Assuming they'd done something tricksy or cheeky or grumpy.

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