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Bangers and thugs actually still use "Gat".

rm9792 wrote:Bangers and thugs actually still use "Gat".

Uh, oh....

I work with a guy who used to live in Chicago. We talked guns one day, and he calls me up a week later and he asks, "do you know anyone with a heater for sale?". I said, "well, are you looking for gas or electric?..."
The silence was deafening.

VoiceofReason wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:I used the term in another thread just yesterday.

LINKEY

My wife has a CHL and she packs heat...

I didn’t think anyone under 40 would even know what “packing heat” means. Gat, now that’s an old one. Haven’t heard that one in years.

I am well beyond 40!

...and I not only use the word "Gat" sometimes (strictly tongue in cheek), I also use the words "Roscoe," and "Strapped."

Young'uns wish they sounded as cool as I do. Word.

Gat, now that’s an old one. Haven’t heard that one in years.

clearly you don't listen to a lot of rap music :-)

Young'uns wish they sounded as cool as I do. Word.

now, that there's funny
:-)

Now what does "gat" stand for? I know it means gun but where did it come from? Also on the preview for "Death at a Funeral" Martin Laurence calls it a "gat" I've just never heard the term before.

[quoteNow what does "gat" stand for?][/quote]

Its short for 'gatling gun'. Why that was chosen as slang for handgun? who knows.

CrimsonSoul wrote:Now what does "gat" stand for? I know it means gun but where did it come from? Also on the preview for "Death at a Funeral" Martin Laurence calls it a "gat" I've just never heard the term before.

Far as I know, it just came from the old gangster movies (y'know, the ones with the black sedans). It could have referred to a chopper (as in "Gatling"), but I always thought it was just generic for a handgun.

Dang, ghostrider snuck in ahead!

ghostrider wrote:

Now what does "gat" stand for?]

Its short for 'gatling gun'. Why that was chosen as slang for handgun? who knows.

See that's what I *thought* but I thought that was retarded and wrong so I didn't say anything

Hmmm, doesn't everyone know the correct term for a handgun is "piece?"

ghostrider wrote:

Gat, now that’s an old one. Haven’t heard that one in years.

clearly you don't listen to a lot of rap music :-)

oohh, i have been busted....I pretty muchlisten to everything. Gangsta rap, country, techno, metal, whatever.

mctowalot wrote:I work with a guy who used to live in Chicago. We talked guns one day, and he calls me up a week later and he asks, "do you know anyone with a heater for sale?". I said, "well, are you looking for gas or electric?..."
The silence was deafening.

Well, he was looking for gas of course. How else do you explain how a semi-auto works?

ghostrider wrote:

Gat, now that’s an old one. Haven’t heard that one in years.

clearly you don't listen to a lot of rap music :-)

You are right. I just realized my mistake when I looked up Gat.
Urban Dictionary

"Gat: Slang for a Fire arm. Originally developed by mafiosi in the Prohibition era to refer to their thompson submachine guns, but is now adopted to refer to any gun, and is usually used in the urban areas and in the rap community"

I like "Smoke Wagon" myself.