different between ghit vs goit

English

Etymology

A contraction of Google hit; coined on 3 February 2004 by “Trevor” on his blog k’?l?bøl: see the quotations from him and from American linguist Mark Liberman on his Language Log blog (9 February 2004), below.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /???t/, /?d?i??h?t/
• Rhymes: -?t (one pronunciation)
• Homophone: git (one pronunciation)

Noun

ghit (plural ghits)

1. (Internet) Contraction of Google hit: a hit obtained using the search engine Google. [from 2004.]

Translations

Anagrams

• gith, ight, thig, tigh

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Etymology 1

From Middle English gote (“channel, stream”), from Old English *gotu (“channel, gutter, drain”), from Proto-Germanic *gut? (“gutter, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?ew- (“to pour”). Cognate with Scots gote, goit, goate (“trench, ditch, watercourse”), Dutch goot (“gutter”), Middle Low German gote (“ditch”). More at gote.

Noun

goit (plural goits)

1. (Britain, Yorkshire and Lancashire) A small artificial channel carrying water. Usually used with respect to channels built to feed mills.

Etymology 2

Popularised by the television series Red Dwarf. Possibly a shortening of goitre (i.e. a pain in the neck), or from git.

Noun

goit (plural goits)

1. (informal, derogatory) A fool.