EXCOMMUNICATION, n. This "excommunication" is a word In speech ecclesiastical oft heard, And means the damning, with bell, book and candle, Some sinner whose opinions are a scandal -- A rite permitting Satan to enslave him Forever, and forbidding Christ to save him. Gat Huckle - Ambrose Bierce
When up they gat an' shook their lugs, Rejoic'd they werena MEN but DOGS. - Robert Burns
I got a good heart but my attitude gat people thinking I'm evil - Genereux Philip