What does "GETS!" mean?

Started by princess · 21 Aug 2003 · 32 replies

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21 Aug 2003, 20:41 #1
I alwayz hear people say "gets"... wat does it mean? last tiem i hear kinki kids, w-inds., FLAME all say it...BUT WAT DOES IT MEAN? it makes no sense 2 me.... :(
22 Aug 2003, 11:00 #2
i heard it tooz.. but i've never known the meaning... haiz.. does anyone know..??
23 Aug 2003, 16:37 #3
are you sure they are saying GETS??? how is it used in the song? are u sure they arent saying "get" ??? japanese often use the word "get" i dont know about GETS
24 Aug 2003, 10:46 #4
I've wondered about that too... last week I saw a guy performing some song live, and part of the title was GET'S!, apostrophe and all. And every time he said GET'S, he did this goofy, kinda suggestive, two-handed index-finger-pointing thing. o_O I'm very interested in finding out what that's all about if anyone ever finds out...
24 Aug 2003, 11:39 #5
[image] *must obey the avatar*.........LOL

nah seriously i heard that 2......"GETS" i'll look into it people...... i remember the tittle of the song so i'll dl it again
24 Aug 2003, 12:19 #6
my guess it's just an expression.. although i dun know the meaning.. but sowelu was using theword with the handsign too.. the two-fingered sign..
31 Aug 2003, 08:30 #7
man i can't find that damn song....... (nor can i find gets anywhere online!) bah i'm just gonna ask asome 1 japanese......

hey thanks for the insight arashinokoto and strawberry JAM......
31 Aug 2003, 17:26 #8
is dat guy on ya avatar Akira from LEAD??? kakkoi!! heheeh..thought i liek keita more from LEAD...

==edit==

damn, realise, it says akira...stupid moi...

gets gets gets!!! i always hear Hisato from FLAME say it. everytime he wins sth..><
31 Aug 2003, 22:06 #9
could it mean [i've got it!] that way it fits everybody's answer.. malorum says is [i understand].. and princess says it's [I win] both can mean i've got it...
1 Sep 2003, 00:16 #10
yea i mean when the word "GET" is ussualy used it would be in a situation where like, say you and some of your girlfriends are in a club and one of them comes running back to you and says like "Hey i got that guys number! whoo hoo!" Then they would probably say "yea! GET!" meaning like yes got his number. With a Japanese accent GET sounds more like "GET *pause* TO" GETTO! maybe thats what you heard in the song? i dunno i still haven't heard the song yet
4 Sep 2003, 07:09 #11
It's surprising to see that other people asks the question that's been tormeting me for many months... I don't feel lonely anymore ;)

I heard many times that word, "GETS", and I'm pretty sure about the sound. It wasn't "GET" or "GETTO", and "GETSU" (written in kana) doesn't mean anything.

Even my girlfriend, who's japanese, doesn't know the meaning! So the huge question now is: my friends, will a gaijin know one day the meaning of "gets"? :mrgreen:
4 Sep 2003, 08:49 #12
GETS! was a phrase popularized by an artist called "Dandy" or something...
Kind of like a tomo&tetsu thing when they sing nande darou.

I think anyways...
I've seen him on Utaban once and he was doing his thing... :nut:
4 Sep 2003, 09:50 #13
varrius wrote:GETS! was a phrase popularized by an artist called "Dandy" or something...
Kind of like a tomo&tetsu thing when they sing nande darou.

I think anyways...
I've seen him on Utaban once and he was doing his thing... :nut:

cool how long ago did ya see him on?
4 Sep 2003, 14:31 #14
after this thread came on it's amazing how many times i have heard the word.. i'm sure it can mean lots of things.. people have used it for every thing i can imagine... i think it's cool though.. :sweat:
4 Sep 2003, 16:41 #15
lovelessemotion wrote:
varrius wrote:GETS! was a phrase popularized by an artist called "Dandy" or something...
Kind of like a tomo&tetsu thing when they sing nande darou.

I think anyways...
I've seen him on Utaban once and he was doing his thing... :nut:

cool how long ago did ya see him on?


No idea...I think the episode i watched was already a few months old..possibly even from 2002 :crazy:
7 Sep 2003, 20:47 #16
arashinokoto wrote:after this thread came on it's amazing how many times i have heard the word.. i'm sure it can mean lots of things.. people have used it for every thing i can imagine... i think it's cool though.. :sweat:


kekeke... of coz it;s kool.... w-inds. uses it... so duh?!.... kekeke.,... :love_eyes:
9 Sep 2003, 06:29 #17
Everyone uses it now, including me. :sweat:

Gets kinda annoying when everyone is shouting GETS! for no reason at all.
11 Sep 2003, 10:37 #18
i asked my japanese friends in college... but they don't know what it means exactly ..... so they just say its an expression.. when ur happy or excited :crazy:
12 Sep 2003, 13:45 #19
ma frend said:

it's one of those random crazy phrases made by a guy from melon magazine, if i'm correct

the guy wears sparkly suits and is usually photographed on the pages with his hand out and a speech bubble screaming, "GET'S!!!"
18 Sep 2003, 16:43 #20
ƒQƒbƒcIoriginally came from this comedian->Dandy ...i think its sakaya...or something similar, i forget the kanji.:beaten:

This is the cd i got my friend to buy me when she last went to Japan.. it was his debut single.
http://www.sunmusic.org/dandysakano/ohnicegets_annai.html

It's a craze that has blown over now, but it was really popular.
I spose you could compare it to the whole 'Dude' and 'Sweet!' thing that came anlong with 'dude wheres my car'.

I personally think he was adorable, but you really needed to see him on shows like utaban and stuff to enjoy his certain comedic flavour *g*.

I agree with ppl that the whole ƒQƒbƒcIthing was blown out of proportion, hence people gettting sick of it.

As for what 'gets' means, it is quite literal, like obtain or get. however, it can be used in the sort of context where it means something along the lines of 'scored' or 'gotten laid'. But dandy *rarely* uses it in that context. *g*

Thats my vague explanation, hope it helped ^-^;;;

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