geddit

English

Alternative forms

• geddid

Contraction

geddit

1. Pronunciation spelling of get it, often with the meaning "Do you understand the humour?".

   Ya gotta keep yer eye on the ball, son. Eye. Ball. Eyeball. Geddit?

   • 2005, Patrick Bond, Fanons Warning: a civil society reader on the New Partnership for Africa's Development, page 79:

     The current political joke is that 'Mbeki shot himself in the kneepad' (Nepad geddit?) over Zimbabwe.

Usage notes

• Usually used interrogatively.

See also

• gerrit