it-getter

[Ben Zimmer]

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> Another Stephen Colbert creation.
>
> An "it-getter" is a person who "gets it."
>
> 15,000 raw Googlits.
>
> Try here for a start: http://wikiality.wikia.com/It-getter

Introduced on Colbert's first show on Oct. 17, 2005 (the same show
that brought us "truthiness" and "wordinistas"):

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/180903/october-17-2005/first-show

--bgz

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