This is true. But I think there’s a surprising difference between calling someone ‘an old git’ / ‘a jammy git’ / ‘a grumpy git’ / … and simply calling them ‘a g

This is true. But I think there’s a surprising difference between calling someone ‘an old git’ / ‘a jammy git’ / ‘a grumpy git’ / … and simply calling them ‘a git’. The latter seems quite a lot harsher and less likely to be a joke.