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Meaning of git majonez


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raina83Threads: 1
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Joined: Jul 2, 11 ♂ 		Edited by: raina83  Jul 4, 11, 18:30    #1
What does "git majonez" mean and why does everyone in the office call my work "git majonez" ?

Does it mean they want to eat my reports with mayonnaise? Please help! :)
pawianThreads: 90
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Joined: May 30, 08  Pictures: 2 ♂ 		Edited by: pawian  Jul 4, 11, 18:42    #2
It is Polish slang for great, excellent. A little ironic, but without offensive intentions.
gumishuThreads: 17
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Joined: Apr 6, 09  Pictures: 1 ♂ 		 Jul 4, 11, 18:42    #3
'git majonez' can mean perfectly alright, fine enough or somewhat better than fine enough

I don't know what actually literally 'git' means or meant (as far as I can tell 'git' or 'gites' was once in the past criminal slang for good, ok, fine or originally perhaps a fine fellow (a criminal one especially serving the sentence)- it then entered colloquial Polish) but majonez is simply 'mayonaise' -

the majonez is added to git just because it sounds handy, funny and interesting :) I smile when I think of 'git majonez' but I have some inclination towards pure nonsense
pawianThreads: 90
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gumishu:
I don't know what actually literally 'git' means or meant (as far as I can tell 'git' or 'gites' was once in the past criminal slang for good, ok, fine or originally perhaps a fine fellow (a criminal one especially serving the sentence)- it then entered colloquial Polish)


Yes, it is prison slang. Tough criminals have called themselves git people.
z_dariusThreads: 22
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Joined: Oct 18, 07 ♂ 		 Jul 4, 11, 20:40    #5
pawian:
Yes, it is prison slang. Tough criminals have called themselves git people.

Indeed, that is the original source of the word.
Git meant a prisoner, especially one who was capable of using prison slang (grypsowanie) and was tough and smart, a member of the prisoners' elite. The word entered the mainstream slang sometime around early 70's and it has had a benign tone pretty much ever since.
pawianThreads: 90
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Exactly. :):):)
raina83Threads: 1
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Joined: Jul 2, 11 ♂ 		 Jul 8, 11, 21:35    #7
Thanks :)


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