# What does "Git R Done" mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 11, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-git-r-done-mean/360254 "2006-06-11T00:47:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-git-r-done-mean/360254/1 "2006-06-11T00:47:54Z")
Been seeing this on cars and stuff around here. I presume it could mean “git her done”, as in get something done, but is there a deeper meaning? Sexual? Where does it come from? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-git-r-done-mean/360254/2 "2006-06-11T00:51:19Z")
It’s the catchphrase of a comedian named “Larry the Cable Guy” (real name Dan Whitney). He plays a redneck character. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-git-r-done-mean/360254/3 "2006-06-11T00:52:23Z")
Oh, and what it means. :smack: It _is_ ‘get her done,’ I guess, but it’s not sexual as far as I know. He says it a lot, and it’s adaptable to any purpose he wants to get done. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-git-r-done-mean/360254/4 "2006-06-11T00:54:24Z")
Oh, thanks! Never saw Larry the Cable Guy, but it all makes sense now. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-git-r-done-mean/360254/5 "2006-06-11T00:55:39Z")
Lucky you! ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-git-r-done-mean/360254/6 "2006-06-11T01:00:43Z")
I’ve seen footage of Larry explaining its meaning as something along the lines of whatever you got to get done…get her done. As I understand it, Larry did not coin the phrase himself but has popularized it in recent years; it has long been a saying among hard working southerners who want to finish up there day of labors and relax or drink beer or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-git-r-done-mean/360254/7 "2006-06-11T01:02:26Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Oh, thanks! Never saw Larry the Cable Guy, but it all makes sense now. That’s what you think. He makes little sense at all. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-git-r-done-mean/360254/8 "2006-06-11T02:09:48Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > That’s what you think. He makes little sense at all. [This may illuminate - "AN OPEN LETTER TO LARRY THE CABLE GUY "](http://bobanddavid.com/david.asp?artId=183) ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-git-r-done-mean/360254/9 "2006-06-11T02:17:54Z")
John Travolta said it several times in the movie Carrie. So the phrase has been around since at least the 70s. ---
**Author:** ![Action\_cancelled](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7feea3/32.png) [@Action\_cancelled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Action_cancelled)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-git-r-done-mean/360254/10 "2006-06-11T02:30:59Z")
It means an asshole is talking. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-git-r-done-mean/360254/11 "2006-06-11T02:36:52Z")
It’s the catchphrase of a cynical yuppie that makes a living off of making the lowest common denominator laugh at themselves. ---
**Author:** ![kaiwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaiwik/32/3978_2.png) [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-git-r-done-mean/360254/12 "2006-06-11T02:41:18Z")
Oh how embarrasing to admit to being fluent in Crackerese. As David Allen Coe sings, “My long hair jest cain’t cover up my redneck”, and the more I work on my genealogy the deeper south it goes. “Git R Done” is Larry The Cable Guy’s catchphrase in the same manner as “You Might Be A Redneck If” is Jeff Foxworthy’s, and “Here’s Your Sign” is Bill Engvall’s. It is slang for get it done, as in finish up whatever needs to be done. There is a sexist undertone from a good ol’ boy nudge nudge wink wink reference to getting “it” done, meaning grabbing a quick piece, ( **it** becoming \*\*her \*\*) and then moving on to the real man stuff. (Like standing around telling lies and spitting.) Get it done/ Get her done/Git 'er done/Git R Done. I remember both my grandaddies as well af my dad growling “Get 'r done” as they passed by me while I was working on a chore. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-git-r-done-mean/360254/13 "2006-06-11T02:43:02Z")
Having never heard of “Larry The Cable Guy” before (thank God some things just don’t travel!), I read this thread with interest and horror… then I went onto Wikipedia, and it got worse. The first thing I noted was that this guy doesn’t seem to be doing anything that Jeff Foxworthy hasn’t already done. Redneck jokes? Check. Jokes about big Redneck family (All of whom are fat/loony/in prison/etc)? Check. General “Good Ole’ Southern Boy” thing going? Check. At least Jeff Foxworthy wasn’t overtly racist or deliberately ignorant in his act (at least, not as far as I’ve ever heard). I see “Larry The Cable Guy” and Jeff Foxworthy are friends (which might explain some of the similarities)- but it also seems “Larry The Cable Guy” _never_ turns off his Stage persona (at least when around anyone who’s not a close friend or business associate), which seems… odd, in a vaguely unsettling way. I’m waiting for someone in Australia to start a career as a Tasmanian Comedian… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-git-r-done-mean/360254/14 "2006-06-11T02:44:26Z")
Avoid the Blue Collar Comedy Tour at all costs. As funny as it can be, you’ll get tired of the catchphrases in a hurry. If I ever hear “Tater Salad” again I’m going to go nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-git-r-done-mean/360254/15 "2006-06-11T02:46:08Z")
Gawd, I just read some of his crap an now I’m sorry I even gave him this much attention. What a racist piece of crap. Some of his lines genuinely made me wince. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![kaiwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaiwik/32/3978_2.png) [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-git-r-done-mean/360254/16 "2006-06-11T02:48:18Z")
Oh how embarrasing to admit to being fluent in Crackerese. As David Allen Coe sings, “My long hair jest cain’t cover up my redneck”, and the more I work on my genealogy the deeper south it goes. “Git R Done” is Larry The Cable Guy’s catchphrase in the same manner as “You Might Be A Redneck If” is Jeff Foxworthy’s, and “Here’s Your Sign” is Bill Engvall’s. It is slang for get it done, as in finish up whatever needs to be done. There is a sexist undertone from a good ol’ boy nudge nudge wink wink reference to getting “it” done, meaning grabbing a quick piece, ( **it** becoming \*\*her \*\*) and then moving on to the real man stuff. (Like standing around telling lies and spitting.) Get it done/ Get her done/Git 'er done/Git R Done. I remember both my grandaddies as well af my dad growling “Get 'r done” as they passed by me while I was working on a chore. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-git-r-done-mean/360254/17 "2006-06-11T02:55:38Z")
> [@Airman Doors](#): > > Avoid the Blue Collar Comedy Tour at all costs. As funny as it can be, you’ll get tired of the catchphrases in a hurry. If I ever hear “Tater Salad” again I’m going to go nuts. Now see, I think if anything, Ron White is the best reason TO watch it. He’s hysterical. Larry’s the weak link-he’s all right in small doses, and he’s actually pretty funny when he’s with the other guys and they’re playing off of his dumb schtick, but he gets old very fast. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-git-r-done-mean/360254/18 "2006-06-11T03:18:00Z")
> [@astro](#): > > [This may illuminate - "AN OPEN LETTER TO LARRY THE CABLE GUY > "](http://bobanddavid.com/david.asp?artId=183) That was insightful. I have no idea who David Cross is, but he’s now my favorite comedian. (Is that what he is?) Could we start a movement? _THE CABLE GUY MUST DIE!_ (figuratively, of course.) Or at least, sent to live in the penniless squalor he claims as his own. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-git-r-done-mean/360254/19 "2006-06-11T03:24:22Z")
I had never heard of this guy until I saw the references here. I watched him one night on TV and was embarrased by the level of the humor. It reminded me of myself in fourth grade. I seriously wonder why educated people are entertained by this guy. ---
**Author:** ![kaiwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaiwik/32/3978_2.png) [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-git-r-done-mean/360254/20 "2006-06-11T03:24:58Z")
Well, almost as embarrasing as posting that twice. :rolleyes: While I “get” the humor in the _Blue Coller Comedy_ movies (there are three of them now, I do not endorse the racist/sexist overtones. While I may come from a Cracker background, I always fought against the ignorance and hatred. Up until the recent past I was **the** black sheep in the family, so to speak. One of my brothers still gives me a difficult time because I married an Alaska Native, and had children with him. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-git-r-done-mean/360254.md?page=2)