Stop your galavantin

Posted by Shae on March 18, 2004

In Reply to: Stop your galavantin posted by 3Oaks on March 18, 2004

: Means stop acting the eejit.Anyone know
: where the word came from?

I think there's something about it in the archives.

GALLIVANTING: going to lots of places; gadding about. Origin obscure but cf. 'gallant' from Old Fr*nch 'galant.'

EEJIT: a silly person, from English 'idiot,' but less pejorative. The pronunciation 'eejit' represents an approximation of the way the letters 'd' and 'i' are pronounced in the Irish language, as in 'Dia' (god), often pronounced Jee-a.

• Stop your galavantin 3Oaks 18/March/04